Water: The tough- love parent of life

Water and Life: The Unique Properties of H2O

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 235-247

  Vaida, Veronica ^a   Tuck, Adrian F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1201/EBK1439803561     Document Type: Chapter

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