Heat: adventures in the world's fiery places
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9780316105330
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| Grouped Work ID | 233c73a5-9221-f18a-0a54-bc6430314d98 |
|---|---|
| Grouping Title | heat adventures in the worlds fiery places |
| Grouping Author | bill streever |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2024-02-26 17:12:13PM |
| Last Indexed | 2024-05-07 03:14:50AM |
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"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. Melting glaciers, warming oceans, forest fires, 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? Written in Streever's signature spare and refreshing prose, HEAT is an a compulsively readable personal narrative that leaves readers with a new vision of an everyday experience-how heat works, its history, and its complete connection to daily life"--
"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"--
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Wake County Public Libraries
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Northeast Regional
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9780316105330
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2013
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Little, Brown
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Arid regions -- Description and travel
Heat
Heat
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Heat : adventures in the world's fiery places
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Heat : adventures in the world's fiery places / Bill Streever
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Heat
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adventures in the world's fiery places
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Arid regions
Description and travel
Heat
Description and travel
Heat
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| ils:677617 | Book | Books | First edition | English | Little, Brown | 2013 | xvii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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