Airfoil (2024)(ciechanow.ski)

508 points by brk 9 months ago | 59 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how airfoils generate lift by examining the forces created by airflow around aircraft wings.

Airfoil(ciechanow.ski)

2422 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 280 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how airplanes fly by examining the forces generated by airflow around wings and airfoils.

Airfoil(ciechanow.ski)

4 points by gronky_ 2 years ago | 0 comments

Bicycle(ciechanow.ski)

2962 points by todsacerdoti 3 years ago | 336 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive explainer article on how bicycles work, covering the physics of riding, steering, and balance with 3D demonstrations.

Cameras and Lenses (2020)(ciechanow.ski)

515 points by sebg 9 months ago | 56 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive blog post explaining how cameras and lenses work and how adjustable parameters affect the resulting images.

Mechanical Watch (2022)(ciechanow.ski)

900 points by Akcium 2 years ago | 153 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works, with draggable 3D demonstrations of its mechanism.