عنوان

Water from heaven :

شابک

0231122446

شابک

0231507755

شابک

9780231122443

شابک

9780231507752

شماره

b802644

عنوان اصلي

Water from heaven :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the story of water from the big bang to the rise of civilization, and beyond /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Robert Kandel.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Columbia University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2003.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

1 online resource (xiii, 311 pages) :

ساير جزييات

illustrations, maps

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index.

متن يادداشت

From where--and what--does water come? How did it become the key to life in the universe? Water from Heaven presents a state-of-the-art portrait of the science of water, recounting how the oxygen needed to form H2O originated in the nuclear reactions in the interiors of stars, asking whether microcomets may be replenishing our world's oceans, and explaining how the Moon and planets set ice-age rhythms by way of slight variations in Earth's orbit and rotation. The book then takes the measure of water today in all its states, solid and gaseous as well as liquid. How do the famous El Niño and La Niña events in the Pacific affect our weather? What clues can water provide scientists in search of evidence of climate changes of the past, and how does it complicate their predictions of future global warming? Finally, Water from Heaven deals with the role of water in the rise and fall of civilizations. As nations grapple over watershed rights and pollution controls, water is poised to supplant oil as the most contested natural resource of the new century. The vast majority of water "used" today is devoted to large-scale agriculture and though water is a renewable resource, it is not an infinite one. Already many parts of the world are running up against the limits of what is readily available. Water from Heaven is, in short, the full story of water and all its remarkable properties. It spans from water's beginnings during the formation of stars, all the way through the origin of the solar system, the evolution of life on Earth, the rise of civilization, and what will happen in the future. Dealing with the physical, chemical, biological, and.

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

JSTOR

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

OverDrive, Inc.

شماره انبار

22573/cttgrm2f

شماره انبار

C42F1FEA-B306-4509-B62D-CF8C02474C61

عنوان

Water from heaven.

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

0231122446

عنوان قراردادي

Eaux du ciel.

زبان(وقتي جزئي از عنوان قراردادي باشد)

English

موضوع مستند نشده

Water.

موضوع مستند نشده

NATURE-- Ecosystems & Habitats-- Oceans & Seas.

موضوع مستند نشده

Oorsprong.

موضوع مستند نشده

SCIENCE-- Earth Sciences-- General.

موضوع مستند نشده

SCIENCE-- Earth Sciences-- Oceanography.

موضوع مستند نشده

Water.

موضوع مستند نشده

Water.

موضوع مستند نشده

NAT-- 025000

موضوع مستند نشده

SCI-- 052000

موضوع مستند نشده

SCI019000

موضوع مستند نشده

SCI020000

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Kandel, Robert S.

تاريخ عمليات

20201207153830.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

pn

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y