Rising force the magic of magnetic levitation /
Livingston, James D., 1930-
Rising force the magic of magnetic levitation / James D. Livingston. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 271 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Levity vs. gravity. Fictional and illusional levitation ; Wingardium leviosa! ; Mystical levitation ; Physical levitation without magnets -- Gravitational and magnetic forces. Forces of the universe ; Magnetic forces ; Magnetic materials -- Maglev : a balance of forces. Poles apart ; Force at a distance ; The floating island of Laputa ; Stability and degrees of freedom -- Spinning the Levitron. Only a toy ; Toy story ; The super -- Inducing uplift. Mutual induction ; Flinging rings and things ; Eddy-current heating and levitation melting ; Fields of force -- Flying frogs. The Ig Nobel Prize ; Diamagnetism and the Moses Effect ; Diamagnetic levitation and stabilization ; Froglev -- Super-levitation. Superdiamagnetism and supercurrents ; Higher fields ; Higher temperatures -- Feeding back. Brief recap ; Floating globes ; Floatin' in the wind ; Snowball in hell ; Microbots and pigs -- In a spin. Bearing up ; Enriching and proliferating ; A few words about energy ; Flying wheels ; Pumping blood ; Floating rotors -- The no-spin zone. Flying broomsticks ; Flotors and the maglev touch ; Maglev nanotechnology ; Sub-nano : angstroms and atoms ; Maglev rocket sleds -- Flying trains. Emile Bachelet ; Kemper and electromagnetic levitation (EML) ; Powell/Danby and electrodynamic levitation (EDL) ; The competition -- All aboard! Urban maglev ; Permanent-magnet maglev ; Transrapid trials and tribulations ; Sin express to Vegas ; Maglev deployment program and ARRA -- Keeping it up. Up with magnets! ; Magnetic personalities ; Ben Franklin's vision : levity over gravity.
9780674061095
Magnetic fields.
Magnetic suspension.
Electronic Books.
QC754 / .R575 2011
Rising force the magic of magnetic levitation / James D. Livingston. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 271 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Levity vs. gravity. Fictional and illusional levitation ; Wingardium leviosa! ; Mystical levitation ; Physical levitation without magnets -- Gravitational and magnetic forces. Forces of the universe ; Magnetic forces ; Magnetic materials -- Maglev : a balance of forces. Poles apart ; Force at a distance ; The floating island of Laputa ; Stability and degrees of freedom -- Spinning the Levitron. Only a toy ; Toy story ; The super -- Inducing uplift. Mutual induction ; Flinging rings and things ; Eddy-current heating and levitation melting ; Fields of force -- Flying frogs. The Ig Nobel Prize ; Diamagnetism and the Moses Effect ; Diamagnetic levitation and stabilization ; Froglev -- Super-levitation. Superdiamagnetism and supercurrents ; Higher fields ; Higher temperatures -- Feeding back. Brief recap ; Floating globes ; Floatin' in the wind ; Snowball in hell ; Microbots and pigs -- In a spin. Bearing up ; Enriching and proliferating ; A few words about energy ; Flying wheels ; Pumping blood ; Floating rotors -- The no-spin zone. Flying broomsticks ; Flotors and the maglev touch ; Maglev nanotechnology ; Sub-nano : angstroms and atoms ; Maglev rocket sleds -- Flying trains. Emile Bachelet ; Kemper and electromagnetic levitation (EML) ; Powell/Danby and electrodynamic levitation (EDL) ; The competition -- All aboard! Urban maglev ; Permanent-magnet maglev ; Transrapid trials and tribulations ; Sin express to Vegas ; Maglev deployment program and ARRA -- Keeping it up. Up with magnets! ; Magnetic personalities ; Ben Franklin's vision : levity over gravity.
9780674061095
Magnetic fields.
Magnetic suspension.
Electronic Books.
QC754 / .R575 2011