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Simple
wooden blocks can be stacked so that the entire top block
extends completely past the end of the bottom block seemingly
in dramatic defiance of gravity. To achieve this the visitor
makes a vertical stack of 16 blocks. The top block can be
slid to the side for half of its length and still remain balanced.
The top two blocks can then be slid 1/4 of a block length
further, the top three 1/6, and so on down the stack. The
displacements of the blocks follows a mathematical series.
The mathematical series describing the stacked blocks follows
a simple pattern.
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