Tom Jackson packs an amazing amount of information into this fascinating history of humanity's ongoing quest for refrigeration ... Jackson magnificently shows that science is 'cool.'

Publisher's Weekly

…a chill-cabinet of curiosities: hot stuff, and deeply cool…

The Spectator

...a nutritious little book.

Roger Lewis, The Daily Mail

Without refrigeration, this delightfully illuminating book reminds us, not only would there be no ice cream or cold lager, there would be no MRI scanners in hospitals, no super-computers, no weekly food shop.

The Mail on Sunday

One of the most entertaining sections of the book concerns the ice wars of 19th-century America where rivals competed to secure supplies...plenty of fascinating stuff.

The Times