Aqua Incognita
Why Ice Floats on Water and Galileo 400 Years on
Connor Court Publishing
Published on 1. June 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
516 pages
978-1-925138-21-4 (ISBN)
Description
In October 1611, Cosimo II De' Medici sponsored a debate in Florence starring Galileo on "Why ice floats on water". 400 years later 25 scientists commemorated the event, revisiting all things to do with water: modern views on Galileo, fresco restoration, cement. Water, its history, in jellyfish; solutions of salts and specific ion effects in biology; of light and magnetic fields on water; dissolved gases. It became clear that the foundations of the theories of physical and colloid chemistry that underpin science, from chemical engineering to molecular and cell biology, even climate science, face serious challenges. As in Galileo's time the science is not settled. And we still can not explain why ice floats on water. A serious revision is called for and is under way.
More details
Edition
New
Language
English
Place of publication
Ballarat
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
608 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-925138-21-4 (9781925138214)
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