A 60-kg swami lies on a bed of nails with his body supported by 4000 nails. The

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A 60-kg swami lies on a bed of nails with his body supported by 4000 nails. The area of the point of each nail is 1 mm2. If the threshold pressure for pain is 1 MPa, how unpleasant is the experience for the swami? What if the point area is 0.1 mm2?

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The Physical Universe

ISBN: 978-0077862619

16th edition

Authors: Konrad B Krauskopf, Arthur Beiser

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