Next on NOVA: "Absolute Zero: the Conquest of Cold"

http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero

Tuesday, January 8 at 8 p.m.

Broadcast in High Definition where available. Check your local
listings as dates and times may vary.

Air-conditioning, refrigeration, and superconductivity are just some
of the ways technology has put cold to use. But what is cold, how do
you achieve it, and how cold can it get? NOVA explores these and
other facets of the frigid in two one-hour programs.

NOVA follows the quest for cold from the unlikely father of
air-conditioning, the 17th century court magician of King James I of
England, to today's scientists pioneering superfast computing in the
quantum chill near absolute zero -- the ultimate extreme of cold at
minus nearly 460 F.

Here's what you'll find online:

Watch the Program
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/program.html
Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold will be available to view
online starting January 9.

Absolute Hot
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/hot.html
Is there an opposite to absolute zero?

A Sense of Scale
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/scale.html
Travel from absolute zero to what may be the highest temperature
of all.

Milestones in Cold Research
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/research.html
From Galileo's thermoscope to a recent experiment that reached
less than a billionth of a degree above absolute zero

The Conquest of Cold
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/conquest.html
In the U.S., refrigeration played a key role in the rise of
cities -- and the final subjugation of native cultures in
the West.

Ultracold Atoms
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/atoms.html
Physicist Luis Orozco on enigmatic substances called BECs that
form just above absolute zero

How Low Can You Go?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/howlow.html
In our virtual lab, use the "cascade" process to achieve
dramatically lower temperatures.

States of Matter
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/matter.html
Adjust temperature and pressure, and watch as gases become
liquids, liquids harden into solids, and more.

A Matter of Degrees
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/degrees.html
Create your own temperature scale, then see how it compares to
those of Fahrenheit and Celsius.

Anatomy of a Refrigerator
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/refrigerator.html
You likely have one, but do you know how it works?

The Ice Trade
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/trade.html
In this game, dispatch 10 ships loaded with natural ice to
Florida, Brazil, or India. Can you make a profit?

Also, Links & Books, a Teacher's Guide, the program transcript
and more:

http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero