Aqua Incognita: Why Ice Floats on Water and Galileo 400 Years on - Tapa blanda

 
9781925138214: Aqua Incognita: Why Ice Floats on Water and Galileo 400 Years on
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ISBN 10: 1925138216 ISBN 13: 9781925138214
Editorial: Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd, 2014

Sinopsis

In October 1611, Cosimo II De' Medici sponsored a debate in Florence starring Galileo on "Why ice floats on water". 400 years later 25 scientists commemorated the event, revisiting all things to do with water: modern views on Galileo, fresco restoration, cement. Water, its history, in jellyfish; solutions of salts and specific ion effects in biology; of light and magnetic fields on water; dissolved gases. It became clear that the foundations of the theories of physical and colloid chemistry that underpin science, from chemical engineering to molecular and cell biology, even climate science, face serious challenges. As in Galileo's time the science is not settled. And we still can not explain why ice floats on water. A serious revision is called for and is under way.

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In October 1611, Cosimo II De' Medici sponsored a debate in Florence starring Galileo on "Why ice floats on water". 400 years later 25 scientists commemorated the event, revisiting all things to do with water: modern views on Galileo, fresco restoration, cement. Water, its history, in jellyfish; solutions of salts and specific ion effects in biology; of light and magnetic fields on water; dissolved gases. It became clear that the foundations of the theories of physical and colloid chemistry that underpin science, from chemical engineering to molecular and cell biology, even climate science, face serious challenges. As in Galileo's time the science is not settled. And we still can not explain why ice floats on water. A serious revision is called for and is under way.

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Editorial
Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1925138216
ISBN 13 
9781925138214
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
516
Editor
Ninham Barry W., Lo Nostro Pierandrea
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