Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold by Tom Shachtman
Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold

Tom Shachtman

Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold

Tom Shachtman

261 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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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 o...

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