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Author Kate Ascher on ‘The Way to Go’

The Way to Go: Moving Through Sea, Land, and Air explores how the world moves, revealing the highly complex technologies that underpin global transportation.

How do airplanes and rockets get up into the sky? What really happens under the hood of a car or in the cables above a streetcar? How do submarines generate enough air to stay underwater for so long? What makes high-speed trains move so fast? How can airplanes land on ships at sea? What allows bridges to stand? How do driverless trains work?











When: Mon., Apr. 7, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Where: Barnes & Noble - Upper West Side
2289 Broadway
212-362-8835
Price: Free
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The Way to Go: Moving Through Sea, Land, and Air explores how the world moves, revealing the highly complex technologies that underpin global transportation.

How do airplanes and rockets get up into the sky? What really happens under the hood of a car or in the cables above a streetcar? How do submarines generate enough air to stay underwater for so long? What makes high-speed trains move so fast? How can airplanes land on ships at sea? What allows bridges to stand? How do driverless trains work?

Buy tickets/get more info now