The cold border.

La frontera del frío.

Author(s) : Univ. Sevilla, ZAMORA CARRANZA M.

Type of monograph: Book

Summary

This book is part of the series "Colección de Divulgación Científica". It contains many pictures of refrigeration pioneers. Extract from the table of contents: background (temperature of the Universe and of the Earth; man; cold); history of natural cold (cold in ancient cultures and medicine; ancient methods for cooling; ice trade; hydrotherapy and cryotherapy); refrigeration industry (refrigeration; the first refrigerating machines; commercialisation of refrigeration); scientific view on heat and cold (the birth of the thermometer; heat and cold concepts; thermodynamics; energy); the search for absolute zero (gas; vapour; gas liquefaction); a new world (heat theorem; ice; new cooling techniques; superconduction; new technologies; Bose-Einstein condensation).

Details

Original title: La frontera del frío.
Record ID : 2005-0510
Languages: Spanish
Publication: Universidad de Sevilla, Vicerrectorado de Investigación - Spain/Spain
Publication date: 2004
ISBN: 8447208362
Source: Source: 286 p. (17 x 24); fig.; phot.; tabl.; index.
Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

Indexing

Themes: History of refrigeration
Keywords: Thermometer; Superconduction; Refrigeration; Refrigerating system; Refrigerating equipment; Ice; Gas; Energy; Liquefaction; Vapour; Temperature; Absolute zero; Man; History; Cryogenics; Natural cold