Absolute zero and the conquest of cold / Tom Shachtman.
Pubblicazione:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
Descrizione fisica:
261 p. ; 22 cm
Contiene:
Indice: 1. Winter in summer 2. Exploring the frontiers 3. Battle of the thermometers 4. Adventures in the ice trade 5. The confraternity of the overlooked 6. Through heat to cold 7. Of explosions and mysterious mists 8. Painting the map of frigor 9. Rare and common gases 10. The fifth step 11. A sudden and profound disappearance 12. Three puzzles and a solution 13. Mastery of the cold. Acknowledgements. Notes. Index
