Reviews
"Tom Shachtman's done to ABSOLUTE ZERO AND THE CONQUEST OF COLD what Dava Sobel did to LONGITUDE."--Jerry E. Bishop, former science editor, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL "Just plain fascinating ... tells in extraordinary detail the history of the search for absolute zero--which, amazingly, involves everyone from Galileo to Einstein!" -- Bradford Washburn, founding director, Boston's Museum of Science, and recipient, Centennial Award of the National Geographic Society "It's a lovely, fascinating book, which brings science to life." -- Alan Lightman, author of GOOD BENITO and EINSTEIN'S DREAMS