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Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold
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- Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold
- ISBN
- 9780395938881
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In a sweeping yet marvelously concise history, Tom Shachtman ushers us into a world in which scientists tease apart the all-important secrets of cold. Readers take an extraordinary trip, starting in the 1600s with an alchemist's air conditioning of Westminster Abbey and scientists' creation of thermometers. Later, while entrepreneurs sold Walden Pond ice to tropical countries -- packed in "high-tech" sawdust -- researchers pursued absolute zero and interpreted their work as romantically asdid adventurers to remote regions. Today, playing with ultracold temperatures is one of the hottest frontiers in physics, with scientists creating useful particles Einstein only dreamed of. Tom Shachtman shares a great scientific adventure story and its characters' rich lives in a book that has won a grant from the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Absolute Zero is for everyone who loves history and science history stories, who's eager to explore Nobel Prize-winning physics today, or who has ever sighed with pleasure on encountering air conditioning.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0395938880
ISBN-13
9780395938881
eBay Product ID (ePID)
236146
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Absolute Zero : and the Conquest of Cold
Publication Year
1999
Subject
History, Research & Methodology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
14.5 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
99-033305
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Tom Shachtman's done to ABSOLUTE ZERO AND THE CONQUEST OF COLD what Dava Sobel did to LONGITUDE."--Jerry E. Bishop, former science editor, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL "Just plain fascinating ... tells in extraordinary detail the history of the search for absolute zero--which, amazingly, involves everyone from Galileo to Einstein!" -- Bradford Washburn, founding director, Boston's Museum of Science, and recipient, Centennial Award of the National Geographic Society "It's a lovely, fascinating book, which brings science to life." -- Alan Lightman, author of GOOD BENITO and EINSTEIN'S DREAMS
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
536/.56
Edition Description
Teacher's Edition
Lc Classification Number
Qc278.S48 1999
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