Name: From Ice to Fire The Science of Temperature
Released: 2018-02-15T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Helen Czerski

TV Show · Documentary · Educational

Travel from one end of the temperature scale to the other with physicist Dr. Helen Czerski. Examine extreme-heat and -cold zones around the globe, where the everyday laws of physics break down, allowing new scientific discoveries to emerge.

2018 · 48m

Starring Helen Czerski

EPISODE 1

Frozen Solid

Analyze the ways in which cold has shaped the physical world, and learn why your definition of frozen may require an update. Meet scientists pushing frigid temps to their absolute limit, driving technological developments such as superconductors.
EPISODE 2

A Temperature For Life

Helen Czerski reveals how life began when hot met cold, and how every single living creature on Earth depends on temperature for its survival; she witnesses the remarkable surgery that uses temperature to push the human body to the brink of life.
EPISODE 3

Playing With Fire

Dr. Helen Czerski reveals how the harnessing of heat's power to transform matter has led to some of humanity's greatest achievements, from molten metal that enabled us to make tools to the searing heat of plasmas that offer near unlimited power.