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ABOUT GÖMBÖC
Gömböc is a mathematical innovation, exclusive gift and science
toy, that can help you think over your dilemmas, draw your daily
inspiration and remind yourself: it’s just a matter of time to
regain your balance. Different versions of Gömböc are available
from steel, bronze, aluminium, plexiglas and from a unique black
substance in our science webshop. This self-righting shape is a
perfect gift for your business partners, colleagues and friends.
The Gömböc (pronounced as ‘goemboets‘)
is the first known homogenous object with
one stable and one unstable equilibrium
point, thus two equilibria altogether on
a horizontal surface. It is proveable, that
no object with less than two equilibria
exists.
If placed on a horizontal surface in an
arbitrary position the Gömböc returns to the
stable equilibrium point, similar to ‘weeble’
toys. While the weebles rely on a weight in the
bottom, the Gömböc consists of homogenous
material, thus the shape itself accounts for
self-righting.