The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor. By Gerald H. Pollack, Ebner & Sons Publishers, 2013; 357 Pages. Price US $29.95, ISBN 978-0-9626895-4-3
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements | vi | |
Preface | xiii | |
A Bestiary | xxii | |
SECTION I: Water Riddles: Forging the Pathway | ||
1 | Surrounded by Mysteries | 3 |
2 | The Social Behavior of H2O | 13 |
3 | The Enigma of Interfacial Water | 25 |
SECTION II: The Hidden Life of Water | ||
4 | A Fourth Phase of Water? | 45 |
5 | Batteries Made from Water | 71 |
6 | Charging the Water Battery | 85 |
7 | Water: The Engine of Nature | 103 |
SECTION III: What Moves Water Moves the World | ||
8 | A Universal Attractor | 125 |
9 | Brown’s Dance: Energy-Driven Movements | 141 |
10 | Heat and Temperature: Throwing New Light on Thermal Darkness | 163 |
11 | Osmosis and Diffusion: They Don’t Just Happen | 183 |
SECTION IV: Aqueous Forms in Nature | ||
12 | The Power of Protonated Water | 203 |
13 | Droplets and Bubbles: Siblings in the Water Family | 221 |
14 | Birth of a Bubble: A Passage to Maturity | 233 |
15 | Clouds from Coffee: The Remarkable Nature of Evaporation | 255 |
16 | Water Trampolines: Layering at the Water’s Surface | 281 |
17 | Warming up to Ice | 305 |
SECTION V: Summing Up: Unlocking Earthly Mysteries | ||
18 | The Secret Rules of Nature | 329 |
References | 342 | |
Photo Credits | 349 | |
Glossary | 350 | |
Index | 353 |
* Editor’s Note
Note
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Lin, S.-K. The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor. By Gerald H. Pollack, Ebner & Sons Publishers, 2013; 357 Pages. Price US $29.95, ISBN 978-0-9626895-4-3. Water 2013, 5, 638-639. https://doi.org/10.3390/w5020638
Lin S-K. The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor. By Gerald H. Pollack, Ebner & Sons Publishers, 2013; 357 Pages. Price US $29.95, ISBN 978-0-9626895-4-3. Water. 2013; 5(2):638-639. https://doi.org/10.3390/w5020638
Chicago/Turabian StyleLin, Shu-Kun. 2013. "The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor. By Gerald H. Pollack, Ebner & Sons Publishers, 2013; 357 Pages. Price US $29.95, ISBN 978-0-9626895-4-3" Water 5, no. 2: 638-639. https://doi.org/10.3390/w5020638
APA StyleLin, S. -K. (2013). The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor. By Gerald H. Pollack, Ebner & Sons Publishers, 2013; 357 Pages. Price US $29.95, ISBN 978-0-9626895-4-3. Water, 5(2), 638-639. https://doi.org/10.3390/w5020638