How much do you know about friction? Jennifer R. Vail's charming, if sometimes technical, "biography" of the force showcases its amazing and largely overlooked role in everything from climate change ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Slogans such as “taking the friction away,” “one-tap access” and “simpler, faster, better” ...

In "Friction," tribologist Jennifer Vail shows how the fundamental force that resists motion keeps driving us forward.