Gravity /

Gravity is the most powerful and exacting force in the universe. It is pervasive and penetrating. Gravity binds us together, its reach hangs stars in the sky and its grip crushes light. Gravity holds planets together, and leashes them to their suns. Without gravity, stars, comets, moons, nebulae, an...

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Corporate Author: Flight 33 Productions (Firm) (Producer)
Other Authors: Maturo, Arthur (Producer), Papdopoulos, Andy (Screenwriter, Director), Thompson, Erik, 1959- (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: New York : A & E Television Networks, 2008.
Series:Universe ; ser. 2, episode 17.
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Gravity is the most powerful and exacting force in the universe. It is pervasive and penetrating. Gravity binds us together, its reach hangs stars in the sky and its grip crushes light. Gravity holds planets together, and leashes them to their suns. Without gravity, stars, comets, moons, nebulae, and even the Earth itself would not exist. Explore how science and humanity discovered, overcame and utilized gravity. Learn what it takes to propel objects into the heavens, to ride a wave or to ski down a slope. Take a front row seat as an astronaut subjects himself to the weightless wonders of the specially modified aircraft used to train astronauts known as the "Vomit Comet."
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 9, 2013).
Physical Description:1 online resource (52 min.).
Playing Time:00:52:14