H2O
A Biography of Water
$41.04
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2000
Summary
The extent to which water remains a scientific mystery is extraordinary, despite its prevalence and central importance on Earth. Whether one considers its role in biology, its place in the physical world (where it refuses to obey the usual rules of liquids) or its deceptively simple structure, there is still no complete answer to the question: what is water? Philip Ball’s book explains what, exactly, we do and do not know about the strange character of this most essential and ubiquitous of su…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753810927 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753810921 |
| Author: | Philip Ball |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2000 |
| Weight: | 278g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 32mm |
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About The Author
Philip Ball
Philip Ball is Associate Editor for the Physical Sciences with Nature. His first book was described by the TLS as ‘a tour de force of popular science writing’. His second was described by the New Scientist as ‘outstanding…beautifully written. If you buy no other science book this year, I suggest you buy this one.’
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