Gino Segrè
Professor emeritus who started teaching at the University of Pennsylvania in 1967. Pursued with enthusiasm and considerable a career as a high-energy elementary particle theorist with a side interest in astrophysics. A long-term interest in history led to his first book, a tale of temperature in all its broad ramifications.
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A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and Universe
by Gino Segrè
Rating: 4.1 ⭐
In a wonderful synthesis of science, history, and imagination, Gino Segrè, an internationally renowned theoretical physicist, embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of how the fundamental scientific concept of temperature is bound up with the very essence of both life and matter. Why is the internal temperature of most mammals fixed near 98.6°? How do geologists use temperature to track the history