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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... become essential in Alex Miiller and Georg Bednorz A Bose-Einstein condensate is the production and use of microchips and other electronics. produce "hightemperature" superconductivity. created at 170-billionths of a degree above ...
... become essential in Alex Miiller and Georg Bednorz A Bose-Einstein condensate is the production and use of microchips and other electronics. produce "hightemperature" superconductivity. created at 170-billionths of a degree above ...
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... become a more real destination, as Victorian scientists tried to reach absolute zero, a point they sometimes called "Ultima Thule." Likening themselves to contemporary explorers of the ING JAMES I OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND chose a Very ...
... become a more real destination, as Victorian scientists tried to reach absolute zero, a point they sometimes called "Ultima Thule." Likening themselves to contemporary explorers of the ING JAMES I OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND chose a Very ...
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... become snow in the heavens or ice on the earth? What formed the snowflakes? Why was ice so slippery? In 1620 these and dozens of other age-old, obvious questions about the cold were considered not only unanswerable but beyond the reach ...
... become snow in the heavens or ice on the earth? What formed the snowflakes? Why was ice so slippery? In 1620 these and dozens of other age-old, obvious questions about the cold were considered not only unanswerable but beyond the reach ...
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... become a beggar, all my clothes in rags. In front of his audience, Drebbel appeared to change into a lion, a bird, a tree with trembling leaves; he summoned ghosts, first the menacing kind, then heroic spirits such as Richard the ...
... become a beggar, all my clothes in rags. In front of his audience, Drebbel appeared to change into a lion, a bird, a tree with trembling leaves; he summoned ghosts, first the menacing kind, then heroic spirits such as Richard the ...
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... become privy to his marvelous secrets. So: Probably in the afternoon, when the heat of the day was at its height, and between one of the seven daily sessions of monks' devotions, the royal party entered the abbey, presumably through a ...
... become privy to his marvelous secrets. So: Probably in the afternoon, when the heat of the day was at its height, and between one of the seven daily sessions of monks' devotions, the royal party entered the abbey, presumably through a ...
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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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