History of Artificial Cold, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Issues

by Kostas Gavroglu

Book Overview

Foreword.- About the Authors.- Table Of Contents.- The History of Artificial Cold -Historiographical issues; Kostas Gavroglu.- Investigating the Very Cold.- Early modern history of cold: Robert Boyle and the emergence of a new experimental field in 17th century experimental philosophy; Christiana Christopoulou.- James Dewar and the Road to the Liquefaction of Hydrogen; Sir John S. Rowlinson.- The cryogenic laboratory of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400771983
• ISBN13: 9789400771987
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"