Spinning Wheels of Death and Paradox is a nod to Aristotle’s famous wheel paradox, which I encountered in Amir Alexander’s book The Infinitesimals.

“Aristotle's wheel paradox is a paradox or problem appearing in the Greek work Mechanica, traditionally attributed to Aristotle. It states as follows: A wheel is depicted in two-dimensional space as two circles. Its larger, outer circle is tangential to a horizontal surface (e.g. a road that it rolls on), while the smaller, inner one has the same centre and is rigidly affixed to the larger. (The smaller circle could be the bead of a tire, the rim it is mounted upon, or the axle.) Assuming the larger circle rolls without slipping (or skidding) for one full revolution, the distances moved by both circles are the same. The distance travelled by the larger circle is equal to its circumference, but for the smaller it is greater than its circumference, thereby creating a paradox.” - Wikipedia

Andrew Staniland, 2022