Water: A Global History

by Ian Miller

Other than air, the only substance more vital to life is water. Our bodies brim with it, and if we're deprived of it for even a few days, the results can be fatal. Our planet, too, is mostly water, with oceans across approximately seventy percent of its surface. But potable water has in many times and places been a scarce resource, and with Water, Ian Miller traces the history of our relationship with drinking water--our attempts to find it,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780235011
• ISBN13: 9781780235011
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 8.1"