TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berman,Bob
TI  - Zoom: how everything moves : from atoms and galaxies to blizzards and bees 
SN  - 0316217409
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Little, Brown and Company
KW  - Motion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue : damage and escape -- Part 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 -- Part 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  -