Inventing Temperature

Book •

Mentioned by

Mentioned by

Nicole Rust

as a book describing how researchers traversed from a sense of hot and cold to thermodynamics.

Recommended by John Krakauer, impacting

Paul Middlebrooks

and

Nicole Rust

with its insights on scientific progress.

Mentioned by Tamler (via patron Noah Silbert) as an accessible history-of-science book with chapter-sized sections suitable for the tournament.

Mentioned by

Daniel Filan

as a book he's reading, popular in less-wrong spheres.

Mentioned by

Kenzie Cooperrider

as a book about the development of temperature measurement.

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!