Einstein's Fridge

Resumen del libro

'Hugely readable and entertaining' JIM AL-KHALILI'an accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this discipline's breadth, largely told through its history' PHIL BALL, PHYSICS WORLDEinstein's Fridge tells the story of how scientists uncovered the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences, and learned to harness the power of heat and ice.The laws of thermodynamics govern everything from the behaviour of atoms to that of living cells, from the engines that power our world to the black hole at the centre of our galaxy. Not only that, but thermodynamics explains why we must eat and breathe, how the lights come on, and ultimately how the universe will end. The people who decoded its laws came from every branch of the sciences - they were engineers, physicists, chemists, biologists, cosmologists and mathematicians.Their discoveries, set over two hundred years, kick-started the industrial revolution, changed the course of world wars and informed modern understanding of black holes.

This book captures the thrill of discovery and the power of revolutionary science to change the world forever.

Biografía del autor

Paul Sen entró en contacto con la termodinámica mientras estudiaba ingeniería en la Universidad de Cambridge. Es director de documentales y le apasiona comunicar profundas ideas científicas de forma atractiva y accesible a un amplio público con series de televisión de referencia como Triumph of the Nerds y Atom. <br> Asimismo, a través de Furnace, la distinguida productora de televisión de la que Paul es director creativo, ha realizado series científicas de la BBC como Everything and Nothing, Order and Disorder, The Secrets of Quantum Physics, y películas de noventa minutos como Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives y Oak Tree: Naturex{0026} x02019;s Greatest Survivor. Este último ganó el prestigioso premio de la Royal Television Society al mejor programa de ciencia e historia natural y el premio Grierson al mejor documental de ciencia en 2016.<br> El frigorífico de Einstein nace de la convicción de Paul de que la historia de la ciencia es la que importa.