🥞📐 You may know that it's nearly impossible to fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times but what about a #crepe?

Scientists just developed a new formula to calculate the "folding limit" of our favorite French #pancakes. Unlike paper, #crepes are squishy and stretchy which adds a whole new layer of complex #math to the #breakfast table.

👉 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2519634-physicists-create-formula-for-how-many-times-you-can-fold-a-crepe/

#physics #science #food #geometry #engineering

Physicists create formula for how many times you can fold a crêpe

When you fold a flexible material such as a pancake or a tortilla, its behaviour depends on a competition between gravity and elasticity

New Scientist
@tksst I learned the paper folding limit from Mr. Wizard. 🤓