Ultimate Impact Series

Product Description

“Do you have a second?”

It’s a phrase that you may have heard a thousand times, but have you ever stopped to consider the true magnitude of a second?

In the context of our everyday lives a second is practically nothing, yet in terms of the cosmos it’s enough time to create a universe. It’s enough time for a photon of light to circle the world seven times, for the solar system to move 150 miles around the Milky Way Galaxy and for the earth to move almost 20 miles around the sun. In the past second, four people were born, two died, lightening struck the earth about 1,000 times and Bill Gates’ fortune accrued about $3,605.00 in interest alone.

The Physics of Motion
Using slow-motion photography and computer animation, we dissect the intricacies of a moment to understand how quickly our mind and body can react. In a fraction of a second, sprinters can accelerate faster than a Formula 1 sports car – slowed down only by the speed of sound and reaction time. In the same instant a cockroach can travel several body lengths, moving swiftly with little resistance. Understand just how slow we are and how fast the rest of the world is really moving.

The Physics of Warfare
We will magnify time with slow-motion photography and computer animation to explore the explosive world second by second. In the last few decades we’ve found ways to tear a second into more than a quadrillion pieces. See how quickly the weapons we’ve created can devastate in the blink of an eye. Glass can dissolve, metal can turn to shreds and concrete walls can crumble. And it’s not only caused by guns or explosives. Light firing at a millionth of a billionth of a second could be the next new super weapon. Understand how slow we are and how fast what we create can move.

It’s time to see how much we’ve been missing.