Charged (Paperback)

What keeps us from flying off the spinning earth? Gravity, you say?

But what if gravity has an invisible partner — a powerful force that explains why clouds float, what triggers rainfall, and how birds fly?

Could such a force reside in electrical charge?

Renowned scientist and author, Gerald Pollack returns with a paradigm-shifting exploration into the profound significance of electricity in nature. Pollack addresses everyday phenomena we often take for granted, revealing a complex web of contradictions. In response, he presents a fresh vision, demonstrating how a simple, direct understanding emerges from recognizing the power of electrical charge.

Topics covered range from the origins of weather and gravity to how birds and airplanes fly, and how fish swim. You'll also learn what turns the Earth every 24 hours — and even how sailboats can sail almost directly into the wind.

Scientist, speaker, and author, Gerald H. Pollack (Jerry) is recognized worldwide for identifying water’s fourth phase — H3O2. He is known for his open-minded approach — with ideas and with people.

His work with water earned him the inaugural Emoto Peace Prize, as well as the Prigogine Medal for Thermodynamics, and the NIH Director's Transformative R01 Award.

Pollack is the founding Editor-in-chief of the research journal WATER, founding Executive Director of the Institute for Venture Science, and organizer of the annual International Conference on the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of Water. Further, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Ural State University in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and was more recently named Honorary Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Foreign Member of the Srpska Academy. Pollack is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of both the American Heart Association and the Biomedical Engineering Society. The University of Washington has bestowed on him their highest faculty distinction, the Faculty Lecturer Award.