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Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Coldby Shachtman, Tom
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Book DescriptionWilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. fine hardcover in fine dustjacket, no markings, a book of interest to all who saw the recent PBS series, SE507537. 1st Print. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Book summaryThis challenging scientific history chronicles over four centuries of technological advancements, scientific discoveries, and entrepreneurial excess that accompanied efforts to harness, and profit from, freezing temperatures.Publisher NotesIn 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 a magician'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" saw-dust -- researchers pursued absolute zero and interpreted their work as romantically as adventurers to remote regions did. 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 scientific history, who is eager to explore Nobel Prize-winning physics today, or who has ever sighed with pleasure on encountering air conditioning. Other Recommended Books
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