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Life's matrix : a biography of water Cover Image Book

Life's matrix : a biography of water / Philip Ball.

Ball, Philip, 1962- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0520230086
  • Physical Description: xvi, 417 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001.

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General Note:
Originally published: H O. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-403) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1 Cosmic Juice -- 1 First Flood 3 -- 2 Blood of the Earth 22 -- 3 Storehouses of the Hail 59 -- 4 Oceans in the Sky 82 -- Part 2 Two Hands, Two Feet -- 5 Open to the Elements 115 -- 6 Between Heaven and Earth 151 -- 7 Cold Truths 183 -- Part 3 Life's Matrix -- 8 Real Elixir 221 -- 9 Inner Space 249 -- Part 4 Strange Brew -- 10 Pride, Prejudice, and Pathology 271 -- 11 A Drop of Something Stronger 293 -- Epilogue: Blue Gold 337.

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