Absolute Zero and the Conquest of ColdHMH, 12 dec 2000 - 272 pagina's “A lovely, fascinating book, which brings science to life.” —Alan Lightman Combining science, history, and adventure, Tom Shachtman “holds the reader’s attention with the skill of a novelist” as he chronicles the story of humans’ four-centuries-long quest to master the secrets of cold (Scientific American). “A disarming portrait of an exquisite, ferocious, world-ending extreme,” Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold demonstrates how temperature science produced astonishing scientific insights and applications that have revolutionized civilization (Kirkus Reviews). It also illustrates how scientific advancement, fueled by fortuitous discoveries and the efforts of determined individuals, has allowed people to adapt to—and change—the environments in which they live and work, shaping man’s very understanding of, and relationship, with the world. This “truly wonderful book” was adapted into an acclaimed documentary underwritten by the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, directed by British Emmy Award winner David Dugan, and aired on the BBC and PBS’s Nova in 2008 (Library Journal). “An absorbing account to chill out with.” —Booklist |
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... Bacon made reference in a 1620 book to "the late experiment of artificiall freezing" at Westminster, so there is a decided lack of detail about the demonstration of mechanical air conditioning, though it was stark evidence that people ...
... Bacon made reference in a 1620 book to "the late experiment of artificiall freezing" at Westminster, so there is a decided lack of detail about the demonstration of mechanical air conditioning, though it was stark evidence that people ...
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... Bacon, Baron Verulam, lord chancellor of England. Lawyer, historian, philosopher, and politician, Bacon more than anyone else in England helped banish magic and secrets by championing science based on experimentation. Constantijn ...
... Bacon, Baron Verulam, lord chancellor of England. Lawyer, historian, philosopher, and politician, Bacon more than anyone else in England helped banish magic and secrets by championing science based on experimentation. Constantijn ...
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... Bacon's treatment to that of Italian scientist Galileo by the Inquisition: "Thus it happened also to . . . Lord Chancellor Bacon, for being too prying into the then receiv'd philosophy." Bacon was never a man to ignore what another ...
... Bacon's treatment to that of Italian scientist Galileo by the Inquisition: "Thus it happened also to . . . Lord Chancellor Bacon, for being too prying into the then receiv'd philosophy." Bacon was never a man to ignore what another ...
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... Bacon, the glory of arriving at probability became the touchstone of his later life. Shorn of his political responsibilities, he turned his mind again toward natural science, writing several seminal works during his last five years of ...
... Bacon, the glory of arriving at probability became the touchstone of his later life. Shorn of his political responsibilities, he turned his mind again toward natural science, writing several seminal works during his last five years of ...
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... Bacon explained in a letter to a friend in Paris, the chemist Isaac Casaubon. In Aristotle's view, if one knew the significant "facts" about nature — such as that all things were combinations of the four elements, air, fire, earth, and ...
... Bacon explained in a letter to a friend in Paris, the chemist Isaac Casaubon. In Aristotle's view, if one knew the significant "facts" about nature — such as that all things were combinations of the four elements, air, fire, earth, and ...
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4 Adventures in the Ice Trade
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5 The Confraternity of the Overlooked
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6 Through Heat to Cold
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7 Of Explosions and Mysterious Mists
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8 Painting the Map of Frigor
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10 The Fifth Step
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11 A Sudden and Profound Disappearance
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12 Three Puzzles and a Solution
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13 Mastery of the Cold
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9 Rare and Common Gases | |
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