Water
A Very Short Introduction
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9780198708728
Publication date:
16/02/2016
Paperback
160 pages
174x111mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198708728
Publication date:
16/02/2016
Paperback
160 pages
Part of Very Short Introductions
Revised first edition Edition
John Finney
Provides an introduction to the science of water, ice, snow, and steam, and how the structure of water molecules gives rise to its physical and chemical properties,Discusses the key role of water in biology and the possibility of water on other planets in the Solar System and beyond.,Explains the importance of the properties of water to a range of disciplines, including chemistry, astrophysics, and earth and environmental sciences,Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over seven million copies sold worldwide
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Revised first edition Edition
John Finney
Description
Water dominates the surface of Earth and is vital to life on our planet. It is a remarkable liquid which shows anomalous behaviour. In this Very Short Introduction John Finney introduces the science of water, and explores how the structure of water molecules gives rise to its physical and chemical properties. Considering water in all three of its states as ice and steam as well as liquid, Finney explains the great importance of an understanding of its structure and behaviour to a range of fields including chemistry, astrophysics, and earth and environmental sciences. Finney describes the role of water in biology, and ends with a discussion of the outstanding
controversies concerning water, and some of the 'magical' properties which have been claimed for it.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
John Finney, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University College LondonJohn Finney is Emeritus Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London and the London Centre for Nanotechnology. His research has focussed on liquids and disordered solids, beginning with his Ph.D. work with J.D. Bernal on liquid structure, subsequently developing to work on water, aqueous solutions and the role of water in protein stability and enzyme activity. He co-chaired the 2002 Gordon Research Conference on Water and Aqueous Solutions, organised a 2003 Royal Society Discussion Meeting on The molecular basis of life: is life possible without water? and co-edited Water and Life: the unique properties of H2O. He was a leading member of the research teams that have discovered four phases of ice, the first new phases to be found since the 1930s. From 1988 - 1993, he was Head of Neutron Science, and then Chief Scientist at the ISIS Pulsed Neutron Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
Revised first edition Edition
John Finney
Table of contents
1:Water, water everywhere...
2:The water molecule and its interactions
3:Water as ice(s)
4:Water as a liquid - and as glas(ses)
5:The anomalies explained.
6:Water as a biomolecule
7:Some past and current controversies
Further reading
Index
Revised first edition Edition
John Finney
Description
Water dominates the surface of Earth and is vital to life on our planet. It is a remarkable liquid which shows anomalous behaviour. In this Very Short Introduction John Finney introduces the science of water, and explores how the structure of water molecules gives rise to its physical and chemical properties. Considering water in all three of its states as ice and steam as well as liquid, Finney explains the great importance of an understanding of its structure and behaviour to a range of fields including chemistry, astrophysics, and earth and environmental sciences. Finney describes the role of water in biology, and ends with a discussion of the outstanding
controversies concerning water, and some of the 'magical' properties which have been claimed for it.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
John Finney, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University College LondonJohn Finney is Emeritus Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London and the London Centre for Nanotechnology. His research has focussed on liquids and disordered solids, beginning with his Ph.D. work with J.D. Bernal on liquid structure, subsequently developing to work on water, aqueous solutions and the role of water in protein stability and enzyme activity. He co-chaired the 2002 Gordon Research Conference on Water and Aqueous Solutions, organised a 2003 Royal Society Discussion Meeting on The molecular basis of life: is life possible without water? and co-edited Water and Life: the unique properties of H2O. He was a leading member of the research teams that have discovered four phases of ice, the first new phases to be found since the 1930s. From 1988 - 1993, he was Head of Neutron Science, and then Chief Scientist at the ISIS Pulsed Neutron Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
Table of contents
1:Water, water everywhere...
2:The water molecule and its interactions
3:Water as ice(s)
4:Water as a liquid - and as glas(ses)
5:The anomalies explained.
6:Water as a biomolecule
7:Some past and current controversies
Further reading
Index
Jim Fraser
Richard Dawkins
Kathleen Taylor
Richard J. Crisp
Nick Lane
Tim Lenton
Peter S. Ungar
Steven W. Lockley, Russell G. Foster
Fred Piper, Sean Murphy
Claudio Tuniz
