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Subject: Has a moebius strip spin 1/2?

Date: Mon Dec 7 11:59:18 1998
Posted by Ewen McLaughlin
Grade level: teacher/prof
School: Swansea College
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Country: UK
Area of science: Physics
ID: 913053558.Ph
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I read in Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History Of Time' that some particles have spin 1/2 because you have to rotate them twice to get them to be in the same orientation. It struck me that when you follow the single side (or edge) of a Moebius strip you rotate it twice to get to the same point. Is there a connection?


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