GERALD POLLACK - The Fourth Phase of Water - Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor.pdf

Water 2013, 5, 638-639; doi:10.3390/w5020638 OPEN ACCESS water ISSN 2073-4441 www.mdpi.com/journal/water New Book Received * The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor. By Gerald H. Pollack, Ebner & Sons Publishers, 2013; 357 Pages. Price US $29.95, ISBN 978-0-9626895-4-3 Shu-Kun Lin MDPI AG, Kandererstrasse 25, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland; E-Mail: [email protected] Received: 29 May 2013 / Accepted: 30 May 2013 / Published: 3 June 2013 The following paragraphs are reproduced from the website of the publisher [1]. Professor Pollack takes us on a fantastic voyage through water, showing us a hidden universe teeming with physical activity that provides answers so simple that any curious person can understand. In conversational prose, Pollack lays a simple foundation for understanding how changes in water’s structure underlie most energetic transitions of form and motion on earth. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Preface A Bestiary SECTION I: Water Riddles: Forging the Pathway 1. 2. 3. Surrounded by Mysteries The Social Behavior of H2O The Enigma of Interfacial Water 3 13 25 vi xiii xxii SECTION II: The Hidden Life of Water 4. 5. 6. 7. A Fourth Phase of Water? Batteries Made from Water Charging the Water Battery Water: The Engine of Nature 45 71 85 103 SECTION III: What Moves Water Moves the World 8. 9. A Universal Attractor Brown’s Dance: Energy-Driven Movements 125 141 Some books will be offered to the scholarly community for the purpose of preparing full-length reviews. Switzerland. Shu-Kun Lin.com/products/the_fourth_phase_of_water. The Power of Protonated Water Droplets and Bubbles: Siblings in the Water Family Birth of a Bubble: A Passage to Maturity Clouds from Coffee: The Remarkable Nature of Evaporation Water Trampolines: Layering at the Water’s Surface Warming up to Ice 639 163 183 203 221 233 255 281 305 SECTION V: Summing Up: Unlocking Earthly Mysteries 18. CH-4057 Basel.0/). +41-61-683-77-34. Note 1. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). 15. licensee MDPI. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons. Kandererstrasse 25. Fax: +41-61-302-89-18.ebnerandsons. 5 10. 16. The website for this book is: http://www. E-Mail: [email protected] 2013. 14. 13. The Secret Rules of Nature References Photo Credits Glossary Index 329 342 349 350 353 * Editor’s Note: The brief summary and the contents of the books are reported as provided by the author or the publishers.org/licenses/by/3. Basel. © 2013 by the authors. Heat and Temperature: Throwing New Light on Thermal Darkness 11. 17. Tel. Osmosis and Diffusion: They Don’t Just Happen SECTION IV: Aqueous Forms in Nature 12. Authors and publishers are encouraged to send review copies of their recent books of potential interest to readers of Water to the Publisher [Dr.com]. . Switzerland.