Author: GINO SEGRČ
Title: A Matter of Degrees
Description: Viking, 2002. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 300. Of the three fundamental methods of measurement-time, length, and temperature-Gino Segrè is convinced that temperature is not only the most subtle but also the most revealing. In this engaging, insightful book, Segrè, a distinguished theoretical physicist, makes his lifelong fascination with temperature the organizing theme of a wide-ranging journey through science, history, and culture. A graceful writer and a nimble synthesizer, Segrč explores how temperature (which we have only recently succeeded in measuring) is bound up with the very essence of both life and inert matter. Why is the internal temperature of most mammals fixed at 98.6 degrees, no matter what climate they inhabit? What do the hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor reveal about the history of our planet? Why has temperature proved to be so much more difficult to measure than distance and time? How does the quest to reach absolute zero relate to the problem of superconductivity in quantum physics? In answering these and hundreds of other temperature-sensitive questions, Segrč unfolds a narrative that is at once compelling, surprising, and brilliantly associative. A wonderful synthesis of science, history, and imagination, A Matter of Degrees uses deep, detailed knowledge of particular fields to open up the big scientific questions of our time. ISBN: 9780670031016. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780670031016
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Title: A Matter of Degrees
Description: Viking, 2002. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 300. Of the three fundamental methods of measurement-time, length, and temperature-Gino Segrè is convinced that temperature is not only the most subtle but also the most revealing. In this engaging, insightful book, Segrè, a distinguished theoretical physicist, makes his lifelong fascination with temperature the organizing theme of a wide-ranging journey through science, history, and culture. A graceful writer and a nimble synthesizer, Segrč explores how temperature (which we have only recently succeeded in measuring) is bound up with the very essence of both life and inert matter. Why is the internal temperature of most mammals fixed at 98.6 degrees, no matter what climate they inhabit? What do the hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor reveal about the history of our planet? Why has temperature proved to be so much more difficult to measure than distance and time? How does the quest to reach absolute zero relate to the problem of superconductivity in quantum physics? In answering these and hundreds of other temperature-sensitive questions, Segrč unfolds a narrative that is at once compelling, surprising, and brilliantly associative. A wonderful synthesis of science, history, and imagination, A Matter of Degrees uses deep, detailed knowledge of particular fields to open up the big scientific questions of our time. ISBN: 9780670031016. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780670031016
Price: EUR 15.00 = appr. US$ 16.30 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2085999
- Book number: 2085999
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