TEMPERATURE: EN HISTORIE OM KULDESJOKK, VARMEDOD OG ARTEN SOM STILLER KLODENS TERMOSTAT (TEMPERATURE A STORY OF COLD SHOCK, HEAT DEATH, AND THE SPECIES THAT SETS THE PLANET’S THERMOSTAT)
Book ID/图书代码： 09794726C00001
English Summary/英文概要： Temperature! Little defines the world more; few numbers do we have a closer relationship with. Twenty degrees is summer, forty is fever, at zero ice turns to water, and at one hundred water boils. Two degrees is a symbol of climate change. Thirty-seven degrees is the human being.
The universe, the planet, life itself – everything is temperature. Our own thermostat is set to 37°C, adapted to life in the tropics. From there, we ventured toward latitudes where we do not truly belong. We took control of temperature and conquered the world.
This book is an expedition through the history and science of temperature. With Svalbard as its frame of reference, Ellen Viste explores something we all feel in our bodies, yet which took the sharpest minds several centuries to fully understand.
What did a thermometer actually measure? Was heat a substance – and what, then, was cold? Above steam engines and electrically stimulated frog legs hovered the fear of new ice ages and of energy becoming unusable. One day everything will grow cold, but for now it is the planet’s fever we must bring under control.
From the Big Bang to buzzing atoms, from absolute zero to a burning ship – Temperature is a tale of contrasts, eccentric scientists, and the limits of human endurance.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在《温度》一书中，Viste 探讨了塑造我们世界的最基本力量之一。温度界定了生命的边界以及地球所处的环境：20°C 是夏季，40°C 则标志着发烧，0°C 时水结冰，100°C 时水沸腾。2°C 已成为气候变化的象征，而37°C 则代表了人体自身的温度。
温度计究竟测量的是什么？热量是否是一种物质——那么，寒冷又是什么呢？在蒸汽机与经电力驱动的蛙腿旁，笼罩着人们对新冰河时代以及能源将变得无法利用的担忧。终有一天万物都将变得寒冷，但目前，我们必须将地球当前的“高烧”控制住。
从“宇宙大爆炸”到跃动的原子，从绝对零度到燃烧的飞船——《温度》，是一个关于对比、特立独行的科学家以及人类耐受极限的故事。
本书通过一场引人入胜的科学与历史之旅，探讨了人类如何逐步理解温度，以及这一认知如何改变了世界。从早期关于温度计究竟测量什么的疑问，到关于“热是否曾被视为一种物质”这一议题的争论，维斯特将读者带入一个由充满好奇心的科学家、奇特的实验以及人类耐受力的极限所塑造的故事之中。
本书以斯瓦尔巴群岛为参照系，将温度既视为一种物理现实，也视为一种生活体验。从宇宙浩瀚的历史与大爆炸，到原子的跃动与绝对零度的概念，《温度》一书追溯了温度在塑造生命、技术以及我们对地球的认知中所扮演的深远角色。(Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 艾伦·维斯特（Ellen Viste）（1973年生）是一位气象学家、前气候研究专家，目前致力于气候科学传播工作。她拥有卑尔根大学的气象学博士学位；其在天气与气候科学传播领域的经验可追溯至20世纪90年代。她现居卑尔根——这座以多雨著称、被誉为现代天气预报发源地的城市。她的著作《风之故事》已被翻译成多种语言出版。Ellen Viste (b. 1973) is a meteorologist and former climate researcher, now working with climate science communication. She has a PhD in meteorology from the University of Bergen. Her experience in the dissemination of weather and climate science extends back to the 1990s. She lives in Bergen – a city known for its rain and as the cradle of modern weather forecasting. Her book Tales of the wind was sold to several languages.
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