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A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals About the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and Universe
by Segre, Gino
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670031011
- ISBN 13
- 9780670031016
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About This Item
Book covers science history by using temperature and heat as the organizing principle. Topics include geologic history fo the earth, deep sea biology, global warming, termometers and the measurent of temperature. thermodynamics, etc.
Synopsis
In a wonderful synthesis of science, history, and imagination, Gino Segrè, an internationally renowned theoretical physicist, embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of how the fundamental scientific concept of temperature is bound up with the very essence of both life and matter. Why is the internal temperature of most mammals fixed near 98.6°? How do geologists use temperature to track the history of our planet? Why is the quest for absolute zero and its quantum mechanical significance the key to understanding superconductivity? And what can we learn from neutrinos, the subatomic "messages from the sun" that may hold the key to understanding the birth-and death-of our solar system? In answering these and hundreds of other temperature-sensitive questions, Segrè presents an uncanny view of the world around us.
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- Millbury Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00001708
- Title
- A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals About the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and Universe
- Author
- Segre, Gino
- Illustrator
- r
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670031011
- ISBN 13
- 9780670031016
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2002
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