Zoom: How Everything Moves: From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees

okay i am a geek, so the premise of the book was of interest to me, just for starters. the author presents his over view of motion in a very straight forward manner with just enough fluff to keep what could be a very dry sibject, moving along.usually i do not rad the notes as i encounter them, but after the first few, i found myself jumping back and forth to the notes as i tripped across them, the notes were interesting and well worth the effort, as the explanations or detail provided are enlightening and certainly germane to the topic at hand.my only critique would have come down to the "folksy" style" Mr Berman took at times, as it felt a bit over the top dumbing down. i mean Peoria and polk dot tuxedos? although the point was well taken and i am just reachng. okay i lied,after considering fro a moment, the structure of the book was strained at times, to fit the metaphor he evoked at the beginninga great read for a summer book and although a bit pricy in the Kindle edition, i did not regret the money or time i invested in this tome. so whether or not you are a geek like me, who eats this sort of stuff up for lunch, or just have a passing notion of learning a thing or to about the physics and how it relates to the real, and somewhat confusing unreal world of quantum mechanics, you would be well served to spend a bit of time with this book.

I liked this book a lot! I know thats not saying much but it is a fun read. Like did you know that a rain drop fall at 26 miles an hour?When I was in high school ... way back when .... a student asked " What is time?" When I responded with it's 20 after 10 hesaid NO! NO! not what time it is ... WHAT IS TIME??. I decided to find out and after a life time of research I have come to believe that no one knows.Yes time, speed and distance are all is the same equation. If that is what you are thinking.John Vahrenwald

What a wonderfully fun, interesting and informative book to read. Berman discusses motion (not such an ordinary topic as one might think) from nada- at absolute zero- to movement millions of time faster than the speed of light (yeah millions). The "every day" turns into magic and fascination. If you can read this book and not see the world in which you live as a more wonderful and interesting place to live-- call your doctor. Yeah I will still probably walk through NE snow storms catching snow flakes in my mouth but now I will know what it is I am eating. Caveat emptor. :-)

Love this book, but this is coming from someone thrilled by minutia and trivial bits of science such as distances and temperatures. If you're the type of reader that enjoys Bill Bryson when he dabbles into a home's history, then you'll find Berman's book equally enjoyable for the science end. Same style of writing, and equally filled with tons and tons of readable facts that will stagger your imagination. Worth getting, even as a few years have passed since it's publication.

Another highly entertaining Bob Berman book! It's actually not *only* aabout speeds and feeds ...there's lots of back-story insights and excellent footnotes in the back that are best read in-flight. Bob is a local here in the Woodstock area and his talks and astronomy classes are all superb as are all his books. His writing style is easy and breeze and he makes science come to life in an entertaining and memorable way.in this book as in all his others. If you have a curious mind and like science and nature you will urely enjoy it!

I loved this book. Berman's writing is fast paced, vivid, and offers captivating insights into the nature of motion in every conceivable aspect of the universe -- from the tiniest to the largest reality of all. I had read a positive review in one of the newspapers and that reviewer was absolutely correct. I learned a vast amount about the nature of our world. Thanks, Bob Berman, you captivated my imagination.

Great and fun facts on how our Universe operates. It's like reading between lines of everything we see (and don't/can't see) in our daily lives!!!

Fascinating and educational tour of the physics of motion from subatomic to the universe. Written in engaging and often humorous manner, combining personal experience and history of science. I read it quickly and wished there was more.

This book contains much more than its title and subtitle suggest. In about 270 pages, the author covers so much of the science of the world around us that simply stating that it’s about “how everything moves” does not do it justice. From the farthest reaches of the cosmos to elementary particles and so much in between, the author has produced a most enjoyable overview of fascinating aspects of the world in which we live.The book is written in a very casual, laid back, chatty style that is lively, often humorous and quite engaging. I did find a few errors which were most likely of an editorial nature, but these do not detract from making this book a most enjoyable and informative read for anyone.

fantastic book...explaination of nature's wonderful events in motion is simply excellent. author has nack of keeping reader glued to book.very useful for common man to know the wonders of natures.

Good read...the last chapters are boring though

wonderfull book loved every page

Fun read. Makes you see the world differently