TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berman,Bob
TI  - Zoom: how everything moves : from atoms and galaxies to blizzards and bees 
SN  - 9780316217408
AV  - QC133 .B414 2014
U1  - 531/.11 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Little, Brown and Company
KW  - Motion
KW  - fast
KW  - Bewegung
KW  - gnd
KW  - Dynamik
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue : Damage and escape -- pt. I. Figuring out the motion picture : The growth of nothingness: journeys in an exploding universe ; Slow as molasses: how we learned to love lethargy ; Runaway poles: they're really shifting: are we toast? ; The man who only loved sand: and the curious phenomena of the Atacama Desert ; Down the drain weird goings-on at the Equator, and the Frenchmen who died young ; Frozen: the unhurried riddles of snow and ice ; April's hidden mysteries: deciphering the secrets of spring -- pt. II. The pace quickens : The gang that deciphered the wind: a desert dweller's airy spells last for a millennium, while two oddballs dodge the Inquisition ; Blown away: a fanatical mariner takes the world to the edge of violence ; Falling: enigmas of the most far-reaching force ; Rush hour for every body: revelations gained by looking within ; Brooks and breakers: Earth's greatest assets are liquid ; Invisible companions: the odd entities zooming through our bodies ; The stop-action murderer: and his battles with the ephemeral ; Barriers of light and sound: a thirty-century quest that began with thunder ; Meteor in the kitchen: and other peculiar end points ; Infinite speed: when light's velocity just won't get you there ; Sleepy village in an exploding universe: back where it all began -- Appendix 1. Table of selected natural speeds -- Appendix 2. A note on accuracy and choice of units
N2  - Describes the natural motion of everything in the universe and explains how the intricate mechanics of the universe does everything from keeping clouds afloat to influencing a home run
ER  -