Shachtman presents the fascinating story of the scientific effort to master cold, from the creation of thermometers to the attainment of temperatures billionths of a degree above absolute zero.
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Shachtman presents the fascinating story of the scientific effort to master cold, from the creation of thermometers to the attainment of temperatures billionths of a degree above absolute zero.
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Good. The book is nice and 100% readable, but the book has visible wear which may include stains, scuffs, scratches, folded edges, sticker glue, highlighting, notes, and worn corners.
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Near Fine in Very Good++ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Bright, clean, crisp and tight copy without interior markings. Two pages have been folded dog-eared fashion. Dust jacket is bright and colorful with very slight edgewear. First Edition, First Printing. Nice copy.
If you have any interest in cool history or cryogenics at all (not the sci-fi type), you'll enjoy this book. It reads like a novel with all the human eccentric, petty jealousness and brilliance surrounding each plateau of 'Eureka' achieved towards absolute zero. Remaining thoroughly non-fiction in content, facts are distributed chronologically throughout our recent 200 year history which carries the story along nicely. Sometimes a little hard to follow all those various scientists names in context within the story. Maybe that's just me? I enjoyed the 2nd read even more with my highlighter at the ready. This ones a keeper!
