Absolute Zero

Author : Tom Shachtman
Publisher : HMH
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000-12-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780547525952

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Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold by Tom Shachtman Pdf

“A lovely, fascinating book, which brings science to life.” —Alan Lightman Combining science, history, and adventure, Tom Shachtman “holds the reader’s attention with the skill of a novelist” as he chronicles the story of humans’ four-centuries-long quest to master the secrets of cold (Scientific American). “A disarming portrait of an exquisite, ferocious, world-ending extreme,” Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold demonstrates how temperature science produced astonishing scientific insights and applications that have revolutionized civilization (Kirkus Reviews). It also illustrates how scientific advancement, fueled by fortuitous discoveries and the efforts of determined individuals, has allowed people to adapt to—and change—the environments in which they live and work, shaping man’s very understanding of, and relationship, with the world. This “truly wonderful book” was adapted into an acclaimed documentary underwritten by the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, directed by British Emmy Award winner David Dugan, and aired on the BBC and PBS’s Nova in 2008 (Library Journal). “An absorbing account to chill out with.” —Booklist

Author : Artem Chekh
Publisher : Glagoslav Publications
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781912894697

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Absolute Zero by Artem Chekh Pdf

The book is a first person account of a soldier’s journey, and is based on Artem Chekh’s diary that he wrote while and after his service in the war in Donbas. One of the most important messages the book conveys is that war means pain. Chekh is not showing the reader any heroic combat, focusing instead on the quiet, mundane, and harsh soldier’s life. Chekh masterfully selects the most poignant details of this kind of life.

Author : Kurt Mendelssohn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Low temperature engineering
ISBN : LCCN:66077394

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The Quest for Absolute Zero by Kurt Mendelssohn Pdf

Author : Declan Burke
Publisher : Liberties Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781907593659

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Absolute Zero Cool by Declan Burke Pdf

Winner of the Crimefest 2012 Goldsboro Last Laugh Award Billy Karlsson needs to get real. Literally. A hospital porter with a sideline in euthanasia, Billy is a character trapped in the purgatory of an abandoned novel. Deranged by logic, driven beyond sanity, Billy makes his final stand: if killing old people won't cut the mustard, the whole hospital will have to go up in flames. Only his creator can stop him now, the author who abandoned Billy to his half-life limbo, in which Billy schemes to do whatever it takes to get himself published, or be damned . . .

Author : Olivier Dulieu,Andreas Osterwalder
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781788013550

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Cold Chemistry by Olivier Dulieu,Andreas Osterwalder Pdf

Recent years have seen tremendous progress in research on cold and controlled molecular collisions, both in theory and in experiment. The advent of techniques to prepare cold and ultracold molecules and ions, to store them in optical lattices or in charged quasicristalline structures, and to use them in crossed or merged beam experiments have opened many new possibilities to study the most fundamental aspects of molecular interactions. At the same time, theoretical work has made progress in tackling these problems and accurately describing quantum effects in complex systems, and in proposing viable options to control chemical reactions at ultralow energies. Through tutorials on both the theoretical and experimental aspects of research in cold and ultracold molecular collisions, this book provides advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and researchers with the foundations needed to understand this exciting field.

Author : Sina Grace
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-25
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781302503888

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Iceman Vol. 2 by Sina Grace Pdf

Collects Iceman (2017) #6-11. The Champions reassembled! Iceman reunites with Angel, Hercules, Ghost Rider and Darkstar, but will even they be enough to protect Los Angeles from a swarm of rogue, haywire Sentinels? All eyes are on Bobby — how will he fare as a leader? And as if that’s not enough, Iceman and his younger counterpart must team up — to face their parents! The Drakes have discovered the existence of the time-torn teen, but what are their true motives for engineering a meeting? And as Bobby looks to make his move to the City of Angels permanent, Daken resurfaces — with big plans for Iceman and the X-Mansion! Why has the son of Wolverine been training Bobby’s former student? Whatever the answer, it’s bad news for the X-Men. Iceman to the rescue!

Author : Helen Cresswell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : OCLC:16435618

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Absolute Zero by Helen Cresswell Pdf

Author : Chuck Logan
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061800481

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Absolute Zero by Chuck Logan Pdf

On one of the coldest nights in Minnesota history, the difference between life and death is literally the blink of an eye for Phil Broker, until recently St. Paul's most successful undercover cop. That blink will convey the urgent warning of a comatose man who knows the dark truth binding Broker to a remarkable cast of characters -- a weary anesthesiologist, a brilliant surgeon, a wealthy novelist, his exwife (a reformed exotic dancer), and her unrepentant pimp. For Broker it all began when he agreed to take three big-city professionals on a canoeing trip across Minnesota's most remote lakes. One of the three is horribly injured in a freak October blizzard, and Broker embarks on a white-knuckle rescue against time and the elements, ending with a writer in a coma and his accountant dead. Suspicious of foul play, Broker follows a twisted trail of manipulation and revenge that leads back to the writer's beautiful wife -- and a ring of men caught in a deadly competition for her affections. Absolute Zero is suspense writing at its finest, a novel whose surprising reversals and unexpectedly nuanced characters secure Chuck Logan's reputation as "one of the best of the . . . thriller breed" and blows the lid off Minnesota's best-kept literary secret.

Author : Jack Mars
Publisher : Jack Mars
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781094372921

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Absolute Zero (An Agent Zero Spy Thriller—Book #12) by Jack Mars Pdf

“You will not sleep until you are finished with AGENT ZERO. A superb job creating a set of characters who are fully developed and very much enjoyable. The description of the action scenes transport us into a reality that is almost like sitting in a movie theater with surround sound and 3D (it would make an incredible Hollywood movie). I can hardly wait for the sequel.” --Roberto Mattos, Books and Movie Reviews ABSOLUTE ZERO is book #12—and the series finale—in the #1 bestselling AGENT ZERO series, which begins with AGENT ZERO (Book #1), a free download with over 500 five-star reviews. In the shocking series finale, Agent Zero learns of a powerful thermonuclear bomb which, set off in the right place, could kill tens of millions. In a breathtaking twist, he learns of something else that will make it even more deadly. The fate of the world is literally at stake as Agent Zero finds himself in a mad race against time, the only person on the planet with a capacity to find the weapon. Yet, while Zero races to find the location, he is up against other formidable forces: dozens of assassins are dispatched to kill him. And in the midst of all this, the time has come for Zero to have a final reckoning with his own deteriorating health. Full circle from his original discovery of the memory chip, Agent Zero is given one last chance to save the planet—if only he can keep from destroying himself—and everything in his path—in his wake. ABSOLUTE ZERO (Book #12) is an un-putdownable espionage thriller that will keep you turning pages late into the night, and the satisfying and stunning climax to a masterful 12-book espionage action series. “Thriller writing at its best.” --Midwest Book Review (re Any Means Necessary) “One of the best thrillers I have read this year.” --Books and Movie Reviews (re Any Means Necessary) Also available is Jack Mars’ #1 bestselling LUKE STONE THRILLER series (7 books), which begins with Any Means Necessary (Book #1), a free download with over 800 five star reviews!

Author : James Patterson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786531797

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Absolute Zero by James Patterson Pdf

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. Fear the man who has nothing left to lose... Cody Thurston is working his usual shift at the rough East London pub he calls home. When a group of out-of-towners walk in looking for trouble, Thurston sends them on their way using some not-so-gentle persuasion. As a former special forces operative in the Australian military, Thurston can handle trouble. But these men are more dangerous than he realises, and the actions they take will leave Thurston homeless, alone and seeking revenge.

Author : Christopher Meeks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Love stories
ISBN : 098363291X

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Love at Absolute Zero by Christopher Meeks Pdf

"A comic romp about Gunnar Gunderson, a 32-year-old star physicist at the University of Wisconsin. The moment he's given tenure at the university, he can think of only one thing: finding a wife. His research falters into what happens to matter near absolute zero (-459.67 °F), but he has an instant new plan. Channeling his inner salmon, he's determined to meet his soul mate within three days using the Scientific Method. Can Gunnar survive his quest?"--Information from Amazon.com.

Author : Betsy Devine,Joel E. Cohen
Publisher : Touchstone
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015029289843

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Absolute Zero Gravity by Betsy Devine,Joel E. Cohen Pdf

Author : Clive Barker,Christopher Golden,Joe Lansdale,Robert McCammon,China Miéville,Cherie Priest,Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher : Prime Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1607012847

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Creatures by Clive Barker,Christopher Golden,Joe Lansdale,Robert McCammon,China Miéville,Cherie Priest,Jeff VanderMeer Pdf

Monsters: As old as the oldest of stories, as new as our latest imaginings. From the ancient stone corridors of the labyrinth to the graffitied alleyways of the contemporary metropolis, they stalk the shadows. Leering from the darkness of the forest, jostling for space in our closets, they walk, crawl, creep and scuttle through our nightmares. Close as the clutter under the bed or the other side of the mirror, they are our truest companions. Creatures features the best monster fiction from the past thirty years, offering a wide variety of the best monster stories including original stories from the field's most relevant names and hottest newcomers including Clive Barker, Sarah Langan, Joe R. Lansdale, Kelly Link, China Miéville, and Cherie Priest.

Author : Carl S. Helrich
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540854173

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Modern Thermodynamics with Statistical Mechanics by Carl S. Helrich Pdf

Thermodynamics is not the oldest of sciences. Mechanics can make that claim. Thermodynamicsisaproductofsomeofthegreatestscienti?cmindsofthe19thand 20th centuries. But it is suf?ciently established that most authors of new textbooks in thermodynamics ?nd it necessary to justify their writing of yet another textbook. I ?nd this an unnecessary exercise because of the centrality of thermodynamics as a science in physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine. I do acknowledge, however, that instruction in thermodynamics often leaves the student in a confused state. My attempt in this book is to present thermodynamics in as simple and as uni?ed a form as possible. As teachers we identify the failures of our own teachers and attempt to correct them. Although I personally acknowledge with a deep gratitude the appreciation for thermodynamics that I found as an undergraduate, I also realize that my teachers did not convey to me the sweeping grandeur of thermodynamics. Speci?cally the s- plicity and the power that James Clerk Maxwell found in the methods of Gibbs were not part of my undergraduate experience. Unfortunately some modern authors also seem to miss this central theme, choosing instead to introduce the thermodynamic potentials as only useful functions at various points in the development.

Author : Neil deGrasse Tyson
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781426221781

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Cosmic Queries by Neil deGrasse Tyson Pdf

In this thought-provoking follow-up to his acclaimed StarTalk book, uber astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tackles the world's most important philosophical questions about the universe with wit, wisdom, and cutting-edge science. For science geeks, space and physics nerds, and all who want to understand their place in the universe, this enlightening new book from Neil deGrasse Tyson offers a unique take on the mysteries and curiosities of the cosmos, building on rich material from his beloved StarTalk podcast. In these illuminating pages, illustrated with dazzling photos and revealing graphics, Tyson and co-author James Trefil, a renowned physicist and science popularizer, take on the big questions that humanity has been posing for millennia--How did life begin? What is our place in the universe? Are we alone?--and provide answers based on the most current data, observations, and theories. Populated with paradigm-shifting discoveries that help explain the building blocks of astrophysics, this relatable and entertaining book will engage and inspire readers of all ages, bring sophisticated concepts within reach, and offer a window into the complexities of the cosmos. or all who loved National Geographic's StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, and Space Atlas, this new book will take them on more journeys into the wonders of the universe and beyond.