Einstein's Fridge: The Science of Fire, Ice and the Universe

This book recounts how scientists discovered the least known yet most consequential science, harnessing the power of heat and ice. Thermodynamics governs everything from atoms to living cells, engines to black holes. It explains why we eat, breathe, and how the universe will end. Engineers, physicists, chemists, biologists, cosmologists, and mathematicians decoded its laws. Their discoveries over two hundred years sparked the industrial revolution, shaped world wars, and informed modern black hole understanding. This book documents and follows these discoveries and their impact on us, society, and our understanding of existence.