Bibliograph

Heat, adventures in the world's fiery places, Bill Streever

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Label

Heat, adventures in the world's fiery places, Bill Streever

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-332) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Heat

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

793579329

Responsibility statement

Bill Streever

Sub title

adventures in the world's fiery places

Summary

"An adventurous ride through the most blisteringly hot regions of science, history, and culture. Melting glaciers, warming oceans, droughts-it's clear that today's world is getting hotter. But while we know the agony of a sunburn or the comfort of our winter heaters, do we really understand heat? A bestselling scientist and nature writer who goes to any extreme to uncover the answers, Bill Streever sets off to find out what heat really means. Let him be your guide and you'll firewalk across hot coals and sweat it out in Death Valley, experience intense fever and fire, learn about the invention of matches and the chemistry of cooking, drink crude oil, and explore thermonuclear weapons and the hottest moment of all time-the big bang. Written in Streever's signature spare and refreshing prose, HEAT is an adventurous personal narrative that leaves readers with a new vision of an everyday experience-how heat works, its history, and its relationship to daily life"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

A note on degrees Fahrenheit -- A candle's flame -- Raving thirst -- Unmanaged fire -- Cooked -- My children eat coal -- Rock oil -- Steaming mountains -- Boom -- The top of the thermometer

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