Rising force : the magic of magnetic levitation / James D. Livingston.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.Description: xi, 271 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0674055357 (hc : alk. paper)
- 9780674055353 (hc : alk. paper)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 538 L786 | Available | 33111006821413 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this first-ever popular introduction to "maglev"-- the use of magnetic forces to overcome gravity and friction--Livingston takes lay readers on a journey of discovery, from maglev nanotechnology to Chinese trains that travel at 250 mph without touching the tracks. He finds magic in "fighting friction by fighting gravity."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Levity vs. gravity -- Gravitational and magnetic forces -- Maglev-a balance of forces -- Spinning the levitron -- Inducing uplift -- Flying frogs -- Super-lev -- Feeding back -- In a spin -- The no-spin zone -- Flying trains -- All aboard! -- Keeping it up.