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The coming together of two hydrogen (H) atoms and one oxygen (O) atom produces something that is both marvelous and altogether greater than the sum of its parts: water (Figure 5.1). Symbolically written as H2O, water is the medium of life as we know it.
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Beech, M. (2009). In the Right Place at the Right Time. In: Terraforming. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09796-1_5
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