Heat: Hot, Cold, and the Wonderful World of Temperature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781536251852)

The team behind the celebrated Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small returns with another STEAM offering, melding curriculum science and inspiring, cutting-edge physics.

When you feel too hot or too cold, it's your brain's job to send signals to your body to keep your temperature just right--by sweating (cooling you off) or shivering (moving your body to warm you up). But what makes things hot or cold? And what is temperature, exactly? Curl up in your climate-controlled corner and explore the extremes of heat and cold found on our planet and in outer space, while discovering what a difference just a single degree of temperature change can make. Then take in the mind-bending ways that temperature is being used and studied in STEAM industries today, from quantum computers that use superconductors at super-low temperatures to innovative research that takes a cue from the sun as it looks at fusion ignition as a potential source of energy around the world.

Author: Jess Wade
ISBN-10: 1536251852
ISBN-13: 9781536251852
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 02/02/2027
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs