Water
Wednesday, 10. October 2007 | 10:45 Uhr
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Prof. Gerd Folkers, Collegium Helveticum, Zurich, addresses the contradictory characteristics of water. Water exists in three states of matter: liquid, solid and gaseous. Hot water freezes faster than cold water. Deep sea water does not freeze. Lake temperatures are less extreme than land temperatures and they have moderating effects on the land’s climate. Water erodes landmass. Water means cult and culture. Water is economically meaningful. Its amazing features constantly pose questions to science and its interaction with mankind. Prof. Folkers gives the conference participants the following issue to think about: the contradictoriness of water’s features and its consequences for human contact with this element.
Gerd Folkers
He was appointed Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at ETH Zurich in 1991.
Gerd Folkers is the Vice President of the Swiss Science and Innovation Council and a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences.
He has co-founded two start-up companies and is the (co-)author and publisher of numerous scientific articles and books on drug research and development.
Gerd Folkers‘ work has been awarded various prizes, including the European Prix Medida for the development and implementation of new e-learning concepts (together with Beat Ernst, Basel).
