http://www.damninteresting.com/absolute-zero-is-0k/
Had a blast reading it. Hope others enjoy it too.
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Igor_Kavinski wrote:http://www.damninteresting.com/absolute-zero-is-0k/
Had a blast reading it. Hope others enjoy it too.
cphite wrote:It's really incredible how much those guys were able to accomplish with the technology they had available.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:Thanks for this! Some lovely writing: "cold rush" and "hydrogen--an odorless, colorless gas which tends to turn into a universe if left alone for a prolonged period"... and of course the "high-pitched apology."http://www.damninteresting.com/absolute-zero-is-0k/
Had a blast reading it. Hope others enjoy it too.
Captain Ned wrote:I'm sure he thought he was being careful according to the standards of the day. This was a time when the London sewers would occasionally explode when a worker with a lamp met a pocket of gas, and people dealing with early industrial machinery were getting maimed and killed on a regular basis.cphite wrote:Well, a certain casual attitude toward lab safety seems to have played a role as well, especially for Dewar.It's really incredible how much those guys were able to accomplish with the technology they had available.
derFunkenstein wrote:That was a really fun read. The subject matter is interesting enough on its own, but the way it was phrased throughout kind of lit up the imagination.
UberGerbil wrote:That film has all sorts of fun stuff, btw, if you can get past the feeling you're sitting in a 1950s classroom.
Rakhmaninov3 wrote:Awesome article
Why science history should be taught alongside science. Somehow makes the concepts easier to understand, at least for me.