The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor
Author: Pollack, Gerald H.Brand: Ebner and Sons PublishersBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 357Release Date: 01-05-2013Part Number: IllustratedDetails: From the Inside Flap Ever wonder... What mysteries lurk in the depths of a glass of water? What makes the wispy clouds of vapor rising from your cup of hot coffee? Or the puffy white clouds hovering in the sky? Why do the bubbles in your pop get bigger the longer you wait? What keeps Jell-O's water from oozing out? Why does your tongue stick to something frozen? And why don't your joints squeak? Questions such as those have remained unanswered not only because they have seemed complex, but also because they require that scientists pursue a politically risky domain of science: water research. Scientists trying to understand the "social behavior" of H20 do so at grave risk to their reputations and livelihoods because water science has suffered repeated fiascos. Water scientists have been virtually tarred and feathered. Undaunted, one