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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... 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 absolute zero. I.
... 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 absolute zero. I.
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... degree or another. Guests would have looked askance at certain troughs and other devices they could not fathom, placed near the bases of the walls, and perhaps for guidance up to the white ceiling, partially blackened with soot from the ...
... degree or another. Guests would have looked askance at certain troughs and other devices they could not fathom, placed near the bases of the walls, and perhaps for guidance up to the white ceiling, partially blackened with soot from the ...
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... up that could be relevant to his own studies, and perhaps that is why, in Novum Organum, published later in 1620, he wrote the short section that, according to an associate, tried to fathom "the late experiment of artificiall freezing ...
... up that could be relevant to his own studies, and perhaps that is why, in Novum Organum, published later in 1620, he wrote the short section that, according to an associate, tried to fathom "the late experiment of artificiall freezing ...
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... temperature — if he could have measured the temperature, which he could not, since no thermometers ... above the height of the king and courtiers. And he did not need to make the space very cold — 14 Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold.
... temperature — if he could have measured the temperature, which he could not, since no thermometers ... above the height of the king and courtiers. And he did not need to make the space very cold — 14 Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold.
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... temperature of the water at the start. With the same clarity of argument, Boyle dismissed two other candidates for ... top and bottom, which seemed to preclude air as the source of cold; moreover, he reminded readers, in his famous ...
... temperature of the water at the start. With the same clarity of argument, Boyle dismissed two other candidates for ... top and bottom, which seemed to preclude air as the source of cold; moreover, he reminded readers, in his famous ...
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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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