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Absolute Zero : And the Conquest of Cold by Tom Shachtman (1999, Hardcover, Teacher's edition)
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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
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100395938880
ISBN-139780395938881
eBay Product ID (ePID)236146
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAbsolute Zero : and the Conquest of Cold
Publication Year1999
SubjectHistory, Research & Methodology
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaScience
AuthorTom Shachtman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.5 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN99-033305
Dewey Edition21
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 AudienceTrade
Dewey Decimal536/.56
Edition DescriptionTeacher's Edition
Lc Classification NumberQc278.S48 1999
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