The Story of the Gömböc (2009)

[mhb]

https://plus.maths.org/content/os/issue52/features/gomboc/index?nl=0

[rzzzt]

There is a Gömböc statue in Budapest: http://www.gomboc.eu/en/site.php?inc=&menuId=12&hirId=79

[dang]

Discussed in 2011: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2671084.

[bonzini]

My wife got me a gomboc for Christmas a few years ago. It's actually surprising how simple the shape is.

[akkat → bonzini]

Do you know where she got it? I could only find them for sale for over 100 euros

[bonzini → akkat]

Indeed she got it for that price.

[MichailP]

This reminds me of plum dumplings - and they are called gomboc in Hungarian. My late grandmother used to make those, and they were fantastic! Its not served as sweets, more as a main dish. Not that this has anything to do with mathematical objects and points of equilibrium :)