Water: Its Global Nature
Allaby, Michael.
Water: Its Global Nature - New York : Facts on File, c1992. - 208 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm. - Elements .
Includes index.
What is water? --
Water and life --
Water in motion --
Water and humans.
520 An informative and entertaining, non-technical examination of the nature, properties, and importance of water. The text is divided into four principal parts--what is water?; water and life; water in motion; and water and humans, including the problem of pollution--and is thoroughly illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned artwork. Planet Earth is unique in the known solar system because of the presence of liquid water--a substance which covers almost three-quarters of the total surface area of the globe. In straightforward, non-technical language, this book examines this extraordinary substance--which we all take for granted.
9780816025268 0816025266
Water.
553.7 / ALL
Water: Its Global Nature - New York : Facts on File, c1992. - 208 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm. - Elements .
Includes index.
What is water? --
Water and life --
Water in motion --
Water and humans.
520 An informative and entertaining, non-technical examination of the nature, properties, and importance of water. The text is divided into four principal parts--what is water?; water and life; water in motion; and water and humans, including the problem of pollution--and is thoroughly illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned artwork. Planet Earth is unique in the known solar system because of the presence of liquid water--a substance which covers almost three-quarters of the total surface area of the globe. In straightforward, non-technical language, this book examines this extraordinary substance--which we all take for granted.
9780816025268 0816025266
Water.
553.7 / ALL