{"product_id":"heat-adventures-in-the-worlds-fiery-places","title":"Heat: Adventures in the World's Fiery Places","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHeat: Adventures in the World's Fiery Places\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBill Streever\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780316105330\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eLittle, Brown and Company\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e368\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn adventurous ride through the most blisteringly hot regions of science, history, and culture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Melting glaciers, warming oceans, droughts-it's clear that today's world is getting hotter. But while we know the agony of a sunburn or the comfort of our winter heaters, do we really understand heat? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A bestselling scientist and nature writer who goes to any extreme to uncover the answers, Bill Streever sets off to find out what heat really means. Let him be your guide and you'll firewalk across hot coals and sweat it out in Death Valley, experience intense fever and fire, learn about the invention of matches and the chemistry of cooking, drink crude oil, and explore thermonuclear weapons and the hottest moment of all time-the big bang. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in Streever's signature spare and refreshing prose, \u003ci\u003eHeat\u003c\/i\u003e is an adventurous personal narrative that leaves readers with a new vision of an everyday experience-how heat works, its history, and its relationship to daily life.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Heat: Adventures in the World's Fiery Places | Bill Streever | Hardcover | 9780316105330 | Used: Like New | Science \u0026 Math 1755305","offer_id":49201158815896,"sku":"1755305","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61kHHyL_jKL.jpg?v=1780780283","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/heat-adventures-in-the-worlds-fiery-places","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}