节选一点英文原文，呵呵
As tradition dictates, we made our own ice cream, using liquid nitrogen as a refrigerant and aerator. We spilled a little of the nitrogen onto a table and watched tiny little drops of it dance around." Someone asked, "Why does it do that?" M. explained that the nitrogen evaporated when it came in contact with the table, which provided a cushion of air for the drop to sit on, and thermally insulated it to minimize further evaporation- enabling it to do its little dance without scarring the table, boiling away or being "smeared" out. "It's this principle," he said, "that makes it possible for someone to dip his wet hand into molten lead or to put liquid nitrogen in his mouth without injury.
硝基迈克原名叫Michael Mazur，是WPI大学的学生，故事发生在1997年。我刚才的留言里有WPI大学官方网站的相关报道的链接，但不知为什么被删掉了。
所以感兴趣的可以去WPI的网站搜索，文章标题是'Student Gulps Into Medical Literature'
Mazur, a West Hills, Calif., native who received his bachelor's degree in physics in May 1998, swallowed liquid nitrogen and lived-possibly the first person to do so. The response and cooperation of emergency medical teams from WPI, the city of Worcester, and the nearby University of Massachusetts Medical Center (now UMass Memorial Health Care) helped beat the odds and save his life.
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