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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... point of water, as della Porta had guessed. Some of the troughs were metal, and the freezing mixture chilled the metal, which aided the refrigerating process by keeping the contents of the troughs cold. More to the point of the exercise ...
... point of water, as della Porta had guessed. Some of the troughs were metal, and the freezing mixture chilled the metal, which aided the refrigerating process by keeping the contents of the troughs cold. More to the point of the exercise ...
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... point of water a fixed point of reference on a thermometer. Today the need for a thermometer to have such a fixed point may seem obvious, but near the end of the seventeenth century, fixed points were a matter of controversy. Some ...
... point of water a fixed point of reference on a thermometer. Today the need for a thermometer to have such a fixed point may seem obvious, but near the end of the seventeenth century, fixed points were a matter of controversy. Some ...
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... point of water, but his indication of the exact location of that zero reveals the difficulty of being precise as to where a flag should be planted: he described the point as "[t]he heat of the air in winter, when the water begins to ...
... point of water, but his indication of the exact location of that zero reveals the difficulty of being precise as to where a flag should be planted: he described the point as "[t]he heat of the air in winter, when the water begins to ...
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... water in all three bulbs boiled at the same temperature, despite variations in the volume of the water and air in the bulbs, the boiling point of water was proved to be a constant, one that could be used with confidence as a fixed point ...
... water in all three bulbs boiled at the same temperature, despite variations in the volume of the water and air in the bulbs, the boiling point of water was proved to be a constant, one that could be used with confidence as a fixed point ...
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... water. Would air become denser, and as the temperature dropped further, would air become a liquid? Would that liquid ... point of water, and that the country of the cold that began at the freezing point was far more vast than human ...
... water. Would air become denser, and as the temperature dropped further, would air become a liquid? Would that liquid ... point of water, and that the country of the cold that began at the freezing point was far more vast than human ...
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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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