Water: A Visual and Scientific History
- ISBN-10
- 0262046148
- ISBN-13
- 9780262046145
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-08
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Author
- Jack Challoner
Description
"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"--
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