Water: A Biography Free Audiobook Download by Giulio Boccaletti
In this audiobook, Giulio Boccaletti provides readers with a detailed history of water and its various forms. The audiobook also explains how water has been used in every society throughout history from natural springs to aqueducts, from rainwater to seawater, and from drinking water to industrial wastewater.
'Water: A Biography' is a documentary about water use, its source and its importance to our world. It describes the last 40 years of water extraction throughout the world and how it is being used for different purposes such as domestic water supply, energy production, agriculture production and industry. In this book we will also find a detailed overview of the sources of water as well as its distribution in the different parts of the planet.
The English translation of this book is "A history of water", but the author refers to it as a diary. It is about how water has been a vital resource for human civilization and how we persist despite our dependence on the water sources we misuse.
Water: A Biography is a story about the human relationship with water in the 20th century. The book discusses how the world's understanding of the nature of water has changed from how it was believed to be just a substance to one that can have a profound effect on human health and society as a whole.
In 1882, a paper published on the discovery of water while looking through a microscope. This discovery opened the door to more discoveries including how to extract and purify water. Many significant scientific developments have been achieved since then and they were all because of one thing: water. The author tells how water has changed the lives of numerous people throughout history in both good and bad ways.
If a person were to ask me what is the world's most important element, I would not be able to answer. To me, water is the most crucial resource of humanity. Every living creature needs it in order to survive and water has been present on Earth for billions of years. In this audiobook, author Giulio Boccaletti delves into the history of water from ancient times until modern day with a chapter devoted to each era. I found the information in this book extremely interesting as it showed that not much had changed since ancient times and that humans have always been interested in understanding the history of their world
Published Date | 2021-09-14 |
Duration | 14 hours 17 minutes |
Author | Giulio Boccaletti |
Narrated | Giulio Boccaletti |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Science & Technology |
Parent Category | Animals & Nature, Public Policy, World |