How can someone levitate an object? Magicians do it all the time. Can physicists do
it as well? The easiest technique is to attach a string to the object and secure the string to the ceiling. The weight of the object is balanced
by the tension in the string. If the suspended object is a magnet, then a second magnet can keep it in place. A third technique is to shoot
pellets at the object so that the force of the pellets balances the weight of the object. In this chapter, the third technique is featured and the object to suspend is a rectangular box
oriented so that its bottom is horizontal.
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Type Book ChapterPub Date 1/1/2006Stock # PB198X_17