In the last hundred years cold has transformed the way we live and work. It is hard to imagine life without refrigeration, air conditioning and liquefied gases - used in everything from MRI scanners to space rockets.
Absolute Zero is the ultimate limit of cold – a Holy Grail - as exciting for scientists as the North and South Poles were to the great polar explorers. This is the story of an epic journey in the quest for cold, from the dark beginnings to an ultra-cool frontier.