Williamsburg Regional Library

How We Got to Now, Cold

Label
How We Got to Now, Cold
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
How We Got to Now
Oclc number
900276497
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Originally produced by PBS in 2014
Runtime
60
Sub title
Cold
Summary
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
Technique
live action
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