From Ice to Fire - The Incredible Science of Temperature

Helen Czerski ventures to the bottom of the temperature scale to reveal how cold has shaped the world around us. She meets the scientists pushing temperature to the very limits, where the laws of physics break down, and a new world of possibility begins.

Helen Czerski reveals how life began when hot met cold, and how every single living creature on Earth depends on temperature for its survival. Then, she witnesses the remarkable surgery that uses temperature to push the human body to the brink of life.

Dr. Helen Czerski reveals how the harnessing of heat's power to transform matter has led to some of humanity's greatest achievements, from molten metal that enabled us to make tools to the searing heat of plasmas that offer near unlimited power.