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| Author/Contributor(s): |
Shachtman, Tom
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| Publisher: |
Mariner Books
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| Date: |
12/12/2000
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| Binding: |
Paperback
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| Condition: |
NEW
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Bringing the history of cold to life, Schachtman starts in the 1600s with an alchemist's attempt to air-condition Westminster Abbey and continues with the invention of thermometers and scales, the sale of Walden Pond ice to tropical countries, and the pursuit of absolute zero by scientists.
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