A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and Universe

In a wonderful synthesis of science, history, and imagination, Gino Segrè, an internationally renowned theoretical physicist, embarks...
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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

A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and Universe

$51.57

A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and Universe

$51.57
Author: Gino Segre
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Gino Segre
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 07/01/2003
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.12w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780142002780
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 01/01/2004 pg. 36

About the Author
Gino Segrè is professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania. An internationally renowned expert in high-energy elementary-particle theoretical physics, Segrè has served as director of Theoretical Physics at the National Science Foundation and received awards from the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation. This is his first book.

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