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12561612 |
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20190924141934.0 |
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011011s2002 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2001046942 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0670031011 (alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QC271 |
| Item number |
.S44 2002 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
536/.5/0287 |
| Edition number |
21 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Segrè, Gino. |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
A matter of degrees : |
| Remainder of title |
what temperature reveals about the past and future of our species, planet, and universe / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Gino Segrè. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Viking, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2002. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xviii, 300 p. : |
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ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: THE RULER, THE CLOCK, -- AND THE THERMOMETER xi -- Chapter 1: 98.6 1 -- Constant Temperature 4 -- Into the Sahara 10 -- Into the Antarctic 18 -- When Things Go Wrong 25 -- Shocks from Heat 33 -- Chapter 2: MEASURE FOR MEASURE 41 -- The First Sparks 42 -- The Thermometer's Four Inventors 48 -- The Count from Massachusetts 58 -- Steam Power 64 -- Thermodynamics' Three Laws 71 -- Entropy and Life 76 -- Chapter 3: READING THE EARTH 80 -- Copernicus's Harmony 86 -- The Minister, the Lawyer, and the -- Fossil Fish Expert 92 -- Cycles of Ice 97 -- The Tundra's Bloom 102 -- El Nifo, Old and New 107 -- Greenhouse Effect: The Basic Science 111 -- Greenhouse Effect: The History 118 -- Greenhouse Effect: The Politics 126 -- Chapter 4: LIFE IN THE EXTREMES 131 -- Barton and Beebe's Bathysphere 132 -- Clambake I: Hydrothermal Vents 140 -- Some Like It Hot 148 -- Snowball Earth 154 -- The Third Branch of Life 161 -- Melting the Earth 165 -- Extraterrestrial Life 172 -- Life Under Two Miles of Ice 177 -- Chapter 5: MESSAGES FROM THE SUN 183 -- At the Core 184 -- Cosmic Gall 189 -- A Thermal Aside: Gamow, Rutherford, -- and Nuclear Barriers 196 -- A Star Is Born 200 -- Black Holes and Little Green Men 205 -- The Founding Elements: Hydrogen -- and Helium 212 -- Three-Degree Photons, Two-Degree -- Neutrinos 215 -- The Big Bang and the Big Crunch 222 -- Chapter 6: THE QUANTUM LEAP 227 -- Faraday's Perfect Gases 229 -- The Last Liquid 234 -- Superconductivity 241 -- Duality, Exclusion, and Uncertainty 248 -- The Low-Temperature World 255 -- Einstein's Refrigerator 259 -- Chandra's Journey 265 -- Into the Future 272. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Temperature measurements |
| Form subdivision |
Popular works. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Materials specified |
Table of contents |
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<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2001046942.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2001046942.html</a> |
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| Materials specified |
Contributor biographical information |
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<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2001046942-b.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2001046942-b.html</a> |
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| Materials specified |
Publisher description |
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<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2001046942-d.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2001046942-d.html</a> |
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Universal Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |
