"A beautifully illustrated and in-depth yet accessible introduction to the science of water, the most common substance on Earth, and one of its most peculiar"--
Sprache
Verlagsort
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
USA
Verlagsgruppe
Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
Illustrationen
137 colour illustrations., 6 black and white illustrations
Maße
Höhe: 231 mm
Breite: 209 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-262-04614-5 (9780262046145)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Jack Challoner is the author of more than forty books on science and technology, including The Cell: A Visual Tour of the Building Block of Life, which was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Biology Book Prize 2016, and The Atom: A Visual Tour (MIT Press).
Introduction vii
1. “Water, Water, Every Where” 1
2. Blue Planet 37
3. H2O 75
4. Across Three States 103
5. At Water’s Edge 133
6. “The Hub of Life” 161
Notes 181
Index 191
