Water – The Elixir of Life
Keith Stevens
- Region:
- North West
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £60 fee and 40p per mile travel
- Category:
- Science
- Updated:
- 13th July 2022
It fits so well, with unique chemical and physical properties. Was it ‘created’ and ‘designed’ by some deity, with ‘life’ in mind? Or did life evolve to take advantage of water’s natural properties? What if ice didn’t float? Would we still be here? Why is it liquid? Chemistry says it should be a gas. What role does it play in our blood and our cells? It absorbs the sun’s harmful radiation, whilst letting the colours through. Its high surface tension creates rain drops. Are these coincidences or by ‘design’? The planet is awash – where did it all come from? Is all life water based? Both on Earth and elsewhere in the cosmos? Might ‘ET’, if we meet him, be based on ammonia, or even sulphuric acid? When and what was ‘first life’? Can we define ’life’?
Views: 700 | Enquiries: 1About Keith Stevens
26 years at the Atomic Energy Authority. In 1995 I took up a post in an engineering company in Gloucester, working on surface coatings. I became the Research and Development Director and retired after 16 years in 2011. I continued with consultancy work, including companies in the power generation industry. My degree is in physics, at Birmingham.
I speak on 16 varied subjects, including Climate Change, Energy, Population (A bomb?), Water (Elixir of life), Money (How does it all work?), Dreams (Own theory), Ordnance Survey, ET (Will we ever shake his hand?), Robotics, Waste, Apocalypse (what will wipe us out first?), Jesus (the real man), Lies and Damn Lies (A humorous take on statistics, 'Balls' - a look at how different sports balls behave.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Keith Stevens
- Money Makes the World go Round
- Climate Change? What Climate Change?
- From Flint to Fusion
- The Population Bomb – ready to blow?
- Finding your way
- Will we ever shake hands with ET?
- Apocalypse when?
- Our Dreaming Beast
- Jesus - the real man
- Lies and Damn Lies - A Random Sample of Statistics, Odds and Probabilities for the Bewildered
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