Water 2013, 5, 638-639; doi:10.

3390/w5020638
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water
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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: lin@mdpi.com

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 vi
Preface xiii
A Bestiary xxii
SECTION I: Water Riddles: Forging the Pathway
1. Surrounded by Mysteries 3
2. The Social Behavior of H2O 13
3. The Enigma of Interfacial Water 25
SECTION II: The Hidden Life of Water
4. A Fourth Phase of Water? 45
5. Batteries Made from Water 71
6. Charging the Water Battery 85
7. Water: The Engine of Nature 103
SECTION III: What Moves Water Moves the World
8. A Universal Attractor 125
9. Brown’s Dance: Energy-Driven Movements 141
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10. Heat and Temperature: Throwing New Light on Thermal Darkness 163
11. Osmosis and Diffusion: They Don’t Just Happen 183
SECTION IV: Aqueous Forms in Nature
12. The Power of Protonated Water 203
13. Droplets and Bubbles: Siblings in the Water Family 221
14. Birth of a Bubble: A Passage to Maturity 233
15. Clouds from Coffee: The Remarkable Nature of Evaporation 255
16. Water Trampolines: Layering at the Water’s Surface 281
17. Warming up to Ice 305
SECTION V: Summing Up: Unlocking Earthly Mysteries
18. The Secret Rules of Nature 329
References 342
Photo Credits 349
Glossary 350
Index 353

* Editor’s Note: The brief summary and the contents of the books are reported as provided by the
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Note

1. The website for this book is: http://www.ebnerandsons.com/products/the_fourth_phase_of_water.

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