Islands of Ice and Straw
- Author
- The Times
- Published
- Mon 23 Jun 2025
- Episode Link
- https://shows.acast.com/making-science/episodes/latent-heat
In this episode of Making Science, Tom Whipple delves into the intriguing science of latent heat and the thermodynamic properties of water - and how this science played a pivotal role in one of the strangest Allied schemes during World War II - a plan to create an 'iceberg aircraft carrier' known as Project Habakkuk.
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