Ice : the nature, the history, and the uses of an astonishing substance / Mariana Gosnell.

More brittle than glass, at times stronger than steel, at other times flowing like molasses, ice covers 10 percent of the earth's land and 7 percent of its oceans. Its ebbs and flows over time have helped form the world we live in. Gosnell examines ice in plants, icebergs, icicles, and hail; se...

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Main Author: Gosnell, Mariana.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, 2005.
Edition:First edition.
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Call Number: QC926.32 .G67 2005
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