Adam Spencer and Heat Facts
You might remember me mentioning Adam Spencer in an earlier post, and know by now that I definitely admire him. He is an excellent mathematician, and is extremely passionate, but he is also extremely modest. This is shown in his 'monster prime' ted talk, Adam proves his modesty by admitting his own ability. "Put simply, in a room full of randomly selected people, I'm a maths genius. In a room full of maths Ph.Ds, I'm as dumb as a box of hammers."
But to him, maths is more than a hobby. He might not do maths for a living, but he's as close as it gets to doing just that. He has already written several books on maths, all of which I have loved, and I'm sure that there will be more in the future.
Books by Adam Spencer:
-Adam Spencer's Big Book of Numbers
-A World of Numbers
-Time Machine
But for the second part of this post, I'll be focusing on his second book, 'A World of Numbers', which is the source of the heat facts below. These facts will be ordered from coldest to warmest, and are directly from the book.
- -273.15ºC: Absolute zero. The coldest possible temperature at which atoms theoretically stop moving.
- -273ºC: The lowest temperature survived by a living creature - the tardigrade.
- -183ºC: The boiling point of oxygen.
- -40ºC/F: The point at which Celsius and Fahrenheit scales intersect.
- 0ºC: The melting point of ice.
- 12.7ºC: The lowest recorded human body temperature, which was survived by a 2- year-old Polish boy in 2014.
- 36ºC: The approximate melting temperature of butter.
- 37ºC: The normal average body temperature of a human being.
- 46.5ºC: The highest recorded human body temperature, which was survived by Willie Jones, in 1980.
- 70.7ºC: The hottest recorded surface temperature on Earth, in the Lut Desert, Iran, 2005.
- 100ºC: The boiling temperature of water (at sea level).
- 101ºC: The average temperature during the day on the Earth's Moon.
- 151ºC: The highest temperature survived by a living creature, which is, once again, the tardigrade.
- 357ºC: The boiling temperature of mercury.
- 1027ºC: The maximum temperature of the flame produced by burning wood.
- 1200ºC: The temperature of volcanic lava (when erupting).
- 1400ºC: The hottest part of a wax candle's flame.
- 5555ºC: The boiling point of tungsten. The highest boiling point of any element.
- 10,000,000ºC: The peak temperature inside a nuclear explosion fireball.
- 15,000,000ºC: The temperature at the sun's core.
- 5,500,000,000,000ºC: The hottest manmade temperature, produced by the Large Hadron Collider in August 2012.
- 141,678,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000ºC or 1.416785 x 10³²ºC: Absolute hot. The highest theoretical, or 'Planck Temperature'. Don't bother packing a drink bottle, not only will you and it have vaporised, the entire laws of conventional physics will also have broken down!
But to him, maths is more than a hobby. He might not do maths for a living, but he's as close as it gets to doing just that. He has already written several books on maths, all of which I have loved, and I'm sure that there will be more in the future.
Books by Adam Spencer:
-Adam Spencer's Big Book of Numbers
-A World of Numbers
-Time Machine
But for the second part of this post, I'll be focusing on his second book, 'A World of Numbers', which is the source of the heat facts below. These facts will be ordered from coldest to warmest, and are directly from the book.
- -273.15ºC: Absolute zero. The coldest possible temperature at which atoms theoretically stop moving.
- -273ºC: The lowest temperature survived by a living creature - the tardigrade.
- -183ºC: The boiling point of oxygen.
- -40ºC/F: The point at which Celsius and Fahrenheit scales intersect.
- 0ºC: The melting point of ice.
- 12.7ºC: The lowest recorded human body temperature, which was survived by a 2- year-old Polish boy in 2014.
- 36ºC: The approximate melting temperature of butter.
- 37ºC: The normal average body temperature of a human being.
- 46.5ºC: The highest recorded human body temperature, which was survived by Willie Jones, in 1980.
- 70.7ºC: The hottest recorded surface temperature on Earth, in the Lut Desert, Iran, 2005.
- 100ºC: The boiling temperature of water (at sea level).
- 101ºC: The average temperature during the day on the Earth's Moon.
- 151ºC: The highest temperature survived by a living creature, which is, once again, the tardigrade.
- 357ºC: The boiling temperature of mercury.
- 1027ºC: The maximum temperature of the flame produced by burning wood.
- 1200ºC: The temperature of volcanic lava (when erupting).
- 1400ºC: The hottest part of a wax candle's flame.
- 5555ºC: The boiling point of tungsten. The highest boiling point of any element.
- 10,000,000ºC: The peak temperature inside a nuclear explosion fireball.
- 15,000,000ºC: The temperature at the sun's core.
- 5,500,000,000,000ºC: The hottest manmade temperature, produced by the Large Hadron Collider in August 2012.
Your in numbers,
Lachlan
Comments
Post a Comment