@article{10.4159/harvard.9780674061095, author = {Livingston, James D.,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/466297}, title = {Rising force the magic of magnetic levitation / [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {Harvard University Press,}, abstract = {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.}, number = {10.4159/harvard.9780674061095}, recid = {466297}, pages = {1 online resource (xi, 271 p.) :}, address = {Cambridge, Mass. :}, year = {2011}, }