In amusement rides, Newton's laws are experienced throughout the body.
Your own body accelerates and
experiences the forces or weightlessness.
The textbook "Gedanken experiments" come to life. An amusement park is
full of mathematical and physical principles in action,
as well as applications of advanded technology. This WWW-site invites
you to view the rides of Bakken from new perspectives, and gives
additional dimensions to the ride experience.
http://physics.gu.se/LISEBERG/bakken/, April 2009Ann-Marie Pendrill, Prof. of Physics, Göteborg University