Zoom : how everything moves : from atoms and galaxies to blizzards and bees, Bob Berman

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Contents: 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

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