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What is One Degree? Temperature and Scientific Measurement /
What exactly is a degree of temperature? How is it defined and measured in the strictest scientific sense? Will answering these questions shed light on the complexities of climate change? This program explores the mysteries of temperature and energy with engaging demonstrations and high-level expert...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films Media Group,
[2011]
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Streaming video (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | What exactly is a degree of temperature? How is it defined and measured in the strictest scientific sense? Will answering these questions shed light on the complexities of climate change? This program explores the mysteries of temperature and energy with engaging demonstrations and high-level expert commentary. Beginning with a visit to Britain's National Physical Laboratory, the institution tasked with formally defining one degree, the video looks at the atomic aspects of temperature and their fundamental relationship with molecular energy. It also investigates extremes of temperature-from millionths of a degree above absolute zero in low-temperature test facilities to JET's fusion laboratory work, which has produced some of the highest temperatures recorded. Finally, the film examines the relationship between the Sun's energy and temperatures on Earth. |
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| Item Description: | Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Aug. 10, 2011. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sound, color, digital file. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Audience: | 8 & up. |
| Access: | Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Title from distributor's description. |