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"H[subscript 2]O begins by transporting us back to the Big Bang and the formation of galaxies to witness the birth of water's constituent elements: hydrogen and oxygen. Philip Ball shows how these two elements spread through unimaginable expanses of space before combining to form seas and rivers, clouds and snowflakes, cosmic ice, the cytoplasm of cells and the matrix of life itself. He explains how the oceans were formed four billion years ago; where water is to be found on other planets; why ice floats when most solids sink; why, despite being highly corrosive, water is good for us; why...

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