The Resource Absolute zero, produced and directed by David Dugan ; written by Tom Shachtman ; a production of Windfall Films and Meridian Productions for TPT/Twin Cities Public Television and WGBH/Nova in association with the BBC, (videorecording)
Absolute zero, produced and directed by David Dugan ; written by Tom Shachtman ; a production of Windfall Films and Meridian Productions for TPT/Twin Cities Public Television and WGBH/Nova in association with the BBC, (videorecording)
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The item Absolute zero, produced and directed by David Dugan ; written by Tom Shachtman ; a production of Windfall Films and Meridian Productions for TPT/Twin Cities Public Television and WGBH/Nova in association with the BBC, (videorecording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- Presents the history of low-temperature research and the quest for ever-lower notches on the thermometer. The conquest of cold opens with experiments in the 1600s that asked what heat and cold are and whether they are different aspects of the same phenomenon. Shows how the experiments that settled those questions helped stoke the Industrial Revolution. The race for absolute zero dramatizes the rivalry between Scottish researcher James Dewar and Dutch physicist Heike Onnes, who plunged cold science to the forbidding realm at which oxygen and then hydrogen turn into liquids. Shows how the quest continues today as scientists pioneer super-fast computing near absolute zero--the ultimate chill of -459.67° F, where atoms slow to a virtual standstill
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- eng
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (ca. 109 min.)
- Note
-
- Based on the book: Absolute zero and the conquest of cold / by Tom Shachtman
- Originally broadcast on public television as an episode of the television program Nova in 2007
- Special features: DVD-ROM access to printable materials for educators (PDF format)
- Contents
-
- Temperature cascade
- Superconductivity
- New state of matter
- Applications
- Conquest of cold.
- Malevolent force
- Quantifying cold
- Ice trade
- Cold engines
- Cold resource
- Race for absolute zero.
- Holy grail
- Isbn
- 9781593758196
- Label
- Absolute zero
- Title
- Absolute zero
- Statement of responsibility
- produced and directed by David Dugan ; written by Tom Shachtman ; a production of Windfall Films and Meridian Productions for TPT/Twin Cities Public Television and WGBH/Nova in association with the BBC
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- Presents the history of low-temperature research and the quest for ever-lower notches on the thermometer. The conquest of cold opens with experiments in the 1600s that asked what heat and cold are and whether they are different aspects of the same phenomenon. Shows how the experiments that settled those questions helped stoke the Industrial Revolution. The race for absolute zero dramatizes the rivalry between Scottish researcher James Dewar and Dutch physicist Heike Onnes, who plunged cold science to the forbidding realm at which oxygen and then hydrogen turn into liquids. Shows how the quest continues today as scientists pioneer super-fast computing near absolute zero--the ultimate chill of -459.67° F, where atoms slow to a virtual standstill
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- Nova (Television program)
- Funding information
- This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation
- Intended audience
- Not rated
- Language note
- Closed-captioned; Optional audio-described soundtrack
- LC call number
- QC278
- LC item number
- .A27 2008
- PerformerNote
- Narrator: Neil Ross
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1942-
- 1944-
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Dugan, David
- Shachtman, Tom
- Ross, Neil
- Shachtman, Tom
- Windfall Films (Firm)
- Meridian Productions, Inc
- Twin Cities Public Television (Saint Paul, Minn.)
- WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- WGBH Video (Firm)
- National Science Foundation (U.S.)
- Runtime
- 109
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Low temperature research
- Low temperatures
- Cold
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Absolute zero, produced and directed by David Dugan ; written by Tom Shachtman ; a production of Windfall Films and Meridian Productions for TPT/Twin Cities Public Television and WGBH/Nova in association with the BBC, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- Based on the book: Absolute zero and the conquest of cold / by Tom Shachtman
- Originally broadcast on public television as an episode of the television program Nova in 2007
- Special features: DVD-ROM access to printable materials for educators (PDF format)
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Contents
-
- Temperature cascade
- Superconductivity
- New state of matter
- Applications
- Conquest of cold.
- Malevolent force
- Quantifying cold
- Ice trade
- Cold engines
- Cold resource
- Race for absolute zero.
- Holy grail
- Control code
- 226435001
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (ca. 109 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781593758196
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 783421424494
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- Publisher number
- WG42449
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)226435001
- System details
- DVD; NTSC, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (16:9) format; Dolby Digital
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Absolute zero, produced and directed by David Dugan ; written by Tom Shachtman ; a production of Windfall Films and Meridian Productions for TPT/Twin Cities Public Television and WGBH/Nova in association with the BBC, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- Based on the book: Absolute zero and the conquest of cold / by Tom Shachtman
- Originally broadcast on public television as an episode of the television program Nova in 2007
- Special features: DVD-ROM access to printable materials for educators (PDF format)
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Contents
-
- Temperature cascade
- Superconductivity
- New state of matter
- Applications
- Conquest of cold.
- Malevolent force
- Quantifying cold
- Ice trade
- Cold engines
- Cold resource
- Race for absolute zero.
- Holy grail
- Control code
- 226435001
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (ca. 109 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781593758196
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 783421424494
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- Publisher number
- WG42449
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)226435001
- System details
- DVD; NTSC, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (16:9) format; Dolby Digital
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- Adaptation -- Television series
- Documentary television programs
- Low temperature research
- Low temperatures
- Nonfiction television programs
- Science television programs
- Television adaptations
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Cold
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- Television adaptations
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Science television programs
- Nonfiction television programs
- Documentary television programs
- Adaptation
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