Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything

"[A] history of air conditioning, chronicling the numerous gimmicks, failed attempts, con jobs, and eventual successes . . . a surprisingly interesting journey." -San Francisco Book Review



The air conditioner is often hailed as one of the modern world's greatest inventions-yet nearly as often blamed for global disaster. It has changed everything from architecture to people's food habits; saved countless lives, and caused countless deaths. First appearing in 1902, when Willis Carrier, an eng...