Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold

Name: Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold
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ISBN: 9780618082391

ISBN-10: 0618082395

ISBN-13: 9780618082391

Edition: 1999

Authors: Tom Shachtman

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In this engrossing scientific chronicle, a perennial paperback favorite, Tom Shachtman combines science, history, and adventure in the story of our four-centuries-long quest to master the secrets of cold. Now a documentary based largely on Shachtmans acclaimed book promises to bring these exhilarating scientific accomplishments to a new audience. Underwritten by the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and set to air on PBS and the BBC, the documentary was produced by British Emmy Award winner David Dugan, in collaboration with Meredith Burch of Meridian Productions in Washington, D.C. Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold demonstrates how temperature science…

Book details

List price: $14.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 12/12/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Tom Shachtman has written twenty-five books, including the best-selling "The Gilded Leaf" (with Patrick Reynolds), as well as documentaries for all of the major television networks.




Winter in Summer



Exploring the Frontiers



Battle of the Thermometers



Adventures in the Ice Trade



The Confraternity of the Overlooked



Through Heat to Cold



Of Explosions and Mysterious Mists



Painting the Map of Frigor



Rare and Common Gases



The Fifth Step



A Sudden and Profound Disappearance



Three Puzzles and a Solution



Mastery of the Cold


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index