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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... substance that alchemists believed would transmute base metal into gold. Drebbel's adventure in Prague ended in disaster: Rudolf died in 1612 and his successor imprisoned the Dutchman, either for his loyalty to the wrong faction or for ...
... substance that alchemists believed would transmute base metal into gold. Drebbel's adventure in Prague ended in disaster: Rudolf died in 1612 and his successor imprisoned the Dutchman, either for his loyalty to the wrong faction or for ...
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... substance — cold enough to make ice. With these hints, and some technology of the era, we can finally reconstruct how Drebbel probably accomplished his feat. At an early hour of the morning, Drebbel and his assistants brought into ...
... substance — cold enough to make ice. With these hints, and some technology of the era, we can finally reconstruct how Drebbel probably accomplished his feat. At an early hour of the morning, Drebbel and his assistants brought into ...
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... substances with no water content, such as gold, silver, and crystal, could become quite cold. He also reported the observations of correspondents that ice forms atop the sea, where it interacts with air, but not at the sea's bottom; to ...
... substances with no water content, such as gold, silver, and crystal, could become quite cold. He also reported the observations of correspondents that ice forms atop the sea, where it interacts with air, but not at the sea's bottom; to ...
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... substances exist without nitre or its "exhalations." The "peripateticks," a group of scholastic natural philosophers ... substance did not and could not gain or lose weight or size. A second assertion, from those who held that the primum ...
... substances exist without nitre or its "exhalations." The "peripateticks," a group of scholastic natural philosophers ... substance did not and could not gain or lose weight or size. A second assertion, from those who held that the primum ...
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... substance that had neither weight nor mass; Cartesians believed cold was caused — in Boyle's words — by "the recess [receding] of that ethereal substance, which agitated the little eel-like particles of the water." Boyle wondered dryly ...
... substance that had neither weight nor mass; Cartesians believed cold was caused — in Boyle's words — by "the recess [receding] of that ethereal substance, which agitated the little eel-like particles of the water." Boyle wondered dryly ...
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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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