Cold
Description
Only in the last 200 years have humans learned how to make things cold. Johnson explains how ice entrepreneur Frederic Tudor made ice delivery the second biggest export business in the U.S. and visits the place where Clarence Birdseye, the father of the frozen food industry, experienced his eureka moment. He also travels to Dubai to see how mastery of cold has led to penguins in the desert. From IVF to food, politics and Hollywood to human migration, the unsung heroes of cold have led the way.
Runtime
55 min 3 sec
Series
Subjects
- Air conditioning (9)
- Technological innovations (514)
- Technology (1161)
- Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery (3)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2014], c2014
Database
Films on Demand
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