Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid & Vapor

Professor Pollack is an anachronism: a scientist who does laboratory experiments to uncover the marvels of nature. This approach to science was the dominant one until the 20th century, at which point (thanks to Popper) open-minded scientific exploration for its own sake was abandoned in favour of simply testing hypotheses. This is a sterile way to do science, because the investigator is limited by the tenets of the predominant scientific ideology. Pollack's area of interest is water, the most common substance both on Earth and in our own bodies; science tends to think it of little interest, it apparently being merely the province of waterworks companies, sewage disposers and frackers. But take a closer look at water, as Pollack has done, and this everyday substance turns out to be a marvel of the natural world. Not only does it uniquely have three separate states, it also is brimming with puzzles: e.g. capilliary action in plants, surface tension, cloud formation and snowflake structure. To solve these mysteries, Pollack has devoted half his scientific career, returning to 18th and 19th century principles of what science is all about: as Faraday said, the experiment is all...and what intriguing experiments Pollack has done: wondrous in their elegant simplicity and keen intelligence-led creativity. In short, he has discovered a fourth state of water (what he calls "phase"), which not only explains many of water's mysteries, but also provides a mechanism for water being an information-carrier. Why is this important? Because it explains how cells communicate with each other electromagnetically as well as chemically - a controversial discovery made by Jacques Benveniste in the 1980s, subsequently replicated by Nobel Prizewinner Luc Montagnier 20 years later. Pollack realises his own discoveries challenge accepted scientific thinking, and writes perceptively about the bizarre fact that modern science rejects any fresh thinking as 'heresy' - a concept Faraday would have found incomprehensible as well as utterly reprehensible. The book is expensively produced, and the science is lucidly explained, with lively and often amusing graphics to guide the reader through Pollack's accounts of his ground-breaking experiments. It deserves to be a science classic - almost in the league of Newton's Principia or Darwin's Origin of the Species.

This book is great. Well written and interesting. You only need to know the basics of science to read this book. Pollack talks about his work with water and presents novel ideas challenging fundamentals. He uses what he has found to explain everyday phenomenon that we either take for granted, or, have questioned, but never found an answer to. He doesn't just speculate but presents us with evidence to back these claims. This book has been organised well and each chapter builds on from the previous. He writes so it feels like he is talking to the reader making it easy to continue reading. If you like science, want to read about novel ideas, and are open-minded this book is for you.

This is the first science book I have read that is a real page-turner: it had me gripped from first to last! The author takes us on a completely comprehensible trip through some science that is both extremely basic and quite new. I cannot judge how many of the claims and speculations - which are clearly sign-posted as such - are likely to be true, but to read the book is to go on a beautiful voyage of exploration in territory you thought you knew: a riveting read.

A well written book cover a very technical area in very understandable language. Prepare to change your view of water and maybe everything else about our universe. Excellent book a must read for anyone with a mind open to new ideas

A very quirky scientific book on water that has a lot of easily verified facts and some that are a bit controversial. It is good to read the simplified explanations and it has few equations and good references to the more theoretical detail

A brilliantly set out and presented book. It reads like a text book and explains expertly in the way of an experienced teacher. There is a lovely feel to the way the book reads, which makes it a joy. The insights into water and its properties are massively interesting and important.

What can one say? That such a humble and common substance as water has "secrets" that have not been uncovered yet? I am not a physicist, but consider myself well read in both physics and biology, and this book really makes me sit up and think. I wil lrad it again, as I think I'll enjoy that. If nothing else the ideas about how nature has managed to extract energy from water is mind boggling. I recommend this book highly!

you take water for granted but when you understand that is has so many precious properties you really do get to realise that water is the meaning of life on earth as we know it.... sadly we take it for granted that our taps serve us well when the reality is water is contaminated by the powers that be.... you will never see water again as you see it now.... BRILLIANT BOOK!

Questo libro del dott. Pollack conferma scientificamente ipotesi già formulate molto tempo fa e apre affascinati prospettive sul ruolo del''acqua nei processi di natura e, in particolare sul ruolo dell'acqua nel nostro organismo. La lettura è semplice e gli esperimenti ben documentati, direi alla portata di tutti coloro che conoscono sufficientemente la lingua inglese. Alcune inferenze sono da verificare, ma è per questo che serve la scienza. Lo consiglierei a tutti quelli che considerano il ruolo fondamentale dell'acqua nel nostro ecosistema. Attendo con grande interesse il testo annunciato dal dott. Pollack sul ruolo del quarto stato dell'acqua negli organismi viventi. Un grazie sentito al dott. Gerald Pollack

世界中には古来より体に良い水が湧く泉や井戸と言われている場所が多数ありますが、それらの水の中に含まれているミネラル分などを調べても特にこれらの水に共通した特別な物質は見つかっていません。また、日本機能水学会などでも電気分解など人為的な処置を施した水などに体を健康に保つ効果があると言う報告が医者、獣医師、あるいは大学をはじめとする各種の研究者からたくさんなされており、これらの水を機能水と呼んでいます。これらの人間の健康等にプラスに作用すると言われている水には特別に何らかのミネラルや薬効作用のある物質が付加されている訳ではありません。 では、それらの水と普通の水との間に何の違いがあるのでしょうか？ 健康に良い効果があると言われている水に何にも特別な物質が加えられていないのなら、「ただの水ではないか、そんなものに特別の効果が認められる筈は無い」と言うのが常識的な考えの筈です。 この疑問に対する一般的な答えは現在まだありません。既存の常識的な考えに基づいていてはこれを解明する事は難しいのではないかとさえ感じています。「新しい葡萄酒は新しい革袋に」と言う有名な言葉が聖書にありますが、まさに「新しい革袋」、新しい発見や理論が必要なのではと考えていたのですが、米国のワシントン大学のGerald H. Pollack博士がThe Fouth Phase of Water(水の第四の相)と言う概念を提唱しました。私はまさにこの本がこの疑問の答えになったと考えています。

Enlightening.

Enfin un compte rendu accessible, très pédagogique mais approfondi, sur les recherches scientifiques sur l'eau. Beaucoup, beaucoup de connaissances, de l'excellente vulgarisation par un chercheur.

Excelente libro muchas gracias