The Quest for Absolute Zero: the Meaning of Low Temperature Physics
Language: English
Published by McGraw-Hil, New York, NY, 1966
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Shelf Control, Bainbridge Island, WA, U.S.A.Shelf Control
AbeBooks seller since August 19, 2026
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 20.00
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Condition: Very Good. Trade Paperback. LCCN 65-23829. Light cover rubbing and edge wear, minor corner wear, and longitudinal spine creasing. Binding intact. Pages and edges lightly age-toned. Owner’s bookplate inside front cover; small dark marks on the facing preliminary page. Text otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes 45 two-color diagrams, 22 photographs, bibliography, and index. Listing photos show the exact copy included in this sale. Illustrated history of physics, scientific rivalry and invention in the pursuit of ever lower temperatures. Competing laboratories developed the apparatus that made gases into liquids, culminating in the race between James Dewar and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes to liquefy hydrogen and helium. Their achievements enabled experiments that revealed unexpected properties of matter, including electrical conduction without resistance and liquid flow without friction. Mendelssohn combines accounts of these discoveries with explanations of thermodynamics, superconductivity, and superfluidity, drawing on his own experience in cryogenic research. This vintage science paperback also preserves the photographs, two-color diagrams, and Brian Denyer cover design of the World University Library series. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Quest for Absolute Zero: the Meaning of Low Temperature Physics
- Author
- Mendelssohn, K
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hil, New York, NY
- Publication year
- 1966
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- Item weight
- 0.6 pounds
- Dimensions
- 5 inches width by 7.5 inches height by 0.6 inches depth
- Seller catalogs
- General History, General Sciences, History Books, Science Books, Technology
Shelf Control
Bainbridge Island, WA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since August 19, 2026
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