Science! Facts! In this journal!!

[desperance]

In short, 100 means nothing on the Fahrenheit scale, 96 used to mean something but doesn't anymore, and 0 is colder than it ever gets in Denmark.

There are times when I could wish to be a historian of science. Love this stuff.

Comments

[durham-rambler.livejournal.com]

This is just one theory. Wikipedia lists seven. I had always understood that it was a decimal scale, with 0° being the lowest temperature achievable with an ice-salt freezing mixture, and 100° being blood heat.

[gauroth.livejournal.com]

I misread '0 is colder than it ever gets in Denmark' as 'Q is colder...etc' and immediately had a mental picture of Desmond Llewelyn, standing next to the statue of the Little Mermaid, in Hawaiian shorts, t-shirt and shades...

Methinks me brain needs coffee.

[spaceoperadiva.livejournal.com]

I love that sometimes "Science" is not as scientific as it sometimes pretends to be. It's a nice reminder that scientists aren't omnipotent either, they're just some people with some Good Ideas.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I knew -40 was the temperature C & F collide at. Said the girl from Alaska. :)