Speed of sound

Speed of sound (1,236 km/h)

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If Speed of sound (1,236 km/h) was a standard unit ...

  • World Land Speed record (1,228 km/h)...more would be about as big as Speed of sound
  • Fastest speed attained by a wind-powered watercraft (121.2 km/h)...more would be 1/10 of Speed of sound
  • Top speed of a Blue Whale (50 km/h)...more would be 1/25 of Speed of sound
  • Comfortable walking speed (5 km/h)...more would be 1/250 of Speed of sound

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

Click here to learn more about it.

Click here for Podcast: Andrew Elliott interviewed for New Books Network.

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