Zoom
How Everything Moves, from Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees
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2014
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78074-549-7 (ISBN)
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78074-549-7 (ISBN)
From the speed of light to moving mountains – and everything in between – Zoom reveals the universe's never-ending journey
Sitting still in a quiet room, you might just be able to convince yourself that nothing is moving. But air currents swirl about you. Blood rushes through your veins. The atoms in your chair jiggle furiously. And the planet you are on is whizzing through space 35 times faster than the speed of sound.
In Zoom, Bob Berman takes a thrilling tour around the wondrous and myriad motions that shape every aspect of the universe. Spanning astronomy, geology, biology, meteorology and history, he explains how clouds stay aloft, how the earth’s rotation curves a ball’s flight, how a mosquito’s familiar whine is tuned to a perfect A sharp, how the day gets longer every century, and much more.
Sitting still in a quiet room, you might just be able to convince yourself that nothing is moving. But air currents swirl about you. Blood rushes through your veins. The atoms in your chair jiggle furiously. And the planet you are on is whizzing through space 35 times faster than the speed of sound.
In Zoom, Bob Berman takes a thrilling tour around the wondrous and myriad motions that shape every aspect of the universe. Spanning astronomy, geology, biology, meteorology and history, he explains how clouds stay aloft, how the earth’s rotation curves a ball’s flight, how a mosquito’s familiar whine is tuned to a perfect A sharp, how the day gets longer every century, and much more.
Bob Berman, one of America’s top astronomy writers, contributed the popular “Night Watchman” column to Discover for seventeen years. He is the author of The Sun’s Heartbeat and is currently a columnist for Astronomy, a host on Northeast Public Radio, and the science editor of the Old Farmer’s Almanac. He lives in Willow, New York.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.10.2014 |
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Zusatzinfo | 20 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78074-549-4 / 1780745494 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78074-549-7 / 9781780745497 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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