{"id":17166,"date":"2020-11-02T19:12:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T19:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=17166"},"modified":"2020-11-02T22:41:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T22:41:52","slug":"absolute-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=17166","title":{"rendered":"Absolute Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This two-part scientific detective tale tells the story of a remarkable group of pioneers who wanted to reach the ultimate extreme: absolute zero<\/a>, a place so cold that the physical world as we know it doesn’t exist, electricity flows without resistance, fluids defy gravity and the speed of light can be reduced to 38 miles per hour.<\/p>\n

Each film features a strange cast of eccentric characters, including: Clarence Birdseye<\/a>; Frederic ‘Ice King’ Tudor<\/a>, who founded an empire harvesting ice; and James Dewar<\/a>, who almost drove himself crazy by trying to liquefy hydrogen.<\/p>\n

Absolute zero became the Holy Grail of temperature physicists and is considered the gateway to many new technologies, such as nano-construction, neurological networks and quantum computing. The possibilities, it seems, are limitless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Conquest of Cold<\/strong>
Documentary charting the progress of scientists throughout history who attempted to harness the ultimate limit of cold, known as Absolute Zero.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Race for Absolute Zero<\/strong>
Documentary charting rival attempts to reach absolute zero, the ultimate limit of cold, by scientists in London and Leiden.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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