Snowflakes
Published on 1. October 2008
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-0-7603-3498-0 (ISBN)
Description
A cute giftbook packed with glorious color microphotography of real snow crystals by Dr. SnowCaltech physicist Kenneth Libbrecht. His photos of snowflakes have appeared in National Geographic, the New York Times, and on Martha Stewarts TV show, as well as numerous other places. This thick cube book is packed with a blizzards worth of amazing images as well as literary quotes on the beauty of snow.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Dimensions
Height: 156 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7603-3498-0 (9780760334980)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
Kenneth Libbrecht is a professor of physics at Caltech, where he studies the molecular dynamics of crystal growth, especially how ice crystals grow from water vapor, which is essentially the physics of snowflakes. He has authored several books on this topic, including The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty, The Art of the Snowflake, and Ken Libbrecht's Field Guide to Snowflakes. He lives in Pasadena with his wife, Rachel Wing. They have two children.