Do you know what the absolute zero is?
I didn’t know what it was either, so I’m going to tell you what it is and who created it!
Lord Kelvin, also named William Thomson, was a British mathematician and engineer, born in Belfast on June 26th in 1824 and he died on December 17th in 1907.
In 1847, he was a professor at Glasgow University.
In 1850, he became a member of the American Science Academy and the Science Academy of Paris.
Yes, I know he didn’t have a very exciting life but he had something special.
In 1866, he was knighted and in 1882, he was titled Lord Kelvin.
His main subjects of study were: heat, electricity, magnetism and he invented the absolute zero.
So what is it?
The absolute zero is the lowest temperature that exists (−273.15° on the Celsius scale) when electrons stop moving. It’s the minimum temperature that can only be obtained in theory.
He gave his name to the kelvin (K), a unit of measure for temperature.
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