H20 The Beauty and Mystery of Water

by Silvester, Hans; Fischesser, Bernard

• ISBN13: 9780810945661
• ISBN10: 0810945665
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

Hans Silvester's dramatic photographs of water in its various forms combine with a lyrical text on water's infinitely mysterious nature to produce a glowing tribute to this life-giving substance, which occupies about 70 percent of the earth's surface.

Silvester's spectacular photography of still and turbulent bodies of water, of geysers and glaciers, of clouds ready to burst and snow about to melt, are among the most sublime images of water ever gathered in one volume. Authors Bernard Fischesser and Marie-France Dupuis-Tate discuss the scientific properties and sources of water; reflect on water as a sculptor of the landscape; deliver a powerful environmental message about the dangers of polluting the Earth's water supply; and offer a rhapsodic appreciation for this elusive, omnipresent, ever-changing, and indispensable material that forms and animates every terrestrial being.

Table of Contents

The Universe and Water	11	(14)
Water, Enigmatic Element	25	(20)
Earth and the Beginning of Water	45	(14)
The Water Cycle	59	(20)
Water, Landscape Sculptor	79	(18)
Water and Life	97	(36)
Water, Ambiguous Symbol	133	(16)
Humanity and Water	149	(24)
The Water Cycle, Disrupted	173	(24)
The Water Crisis	197	(10)
Conclusion	207	(1)
Diagram: The Water Cycle	208	(2)
Diagram: The Water Cycle, Disrupted	210	(2)
Facts and Figures	212	(3)
Further Reading	215	(1)
Metric Conversions	215	(1)
Captions	216