The Snowflake
Winter's Frozen Artistry
1st Edition
Published on 17. September 2015
144 pages
978-1-62788-733-5 (ISBN)
Description
Snowflakes may be an everyday, common subject, but youve never seen them like this! A collection of amazing photography of snow crystals using a unique system designed to take super-detailed micro images of these miniature ice masterpieces, "The Snowflake" is an extraordinary look at a seemingly ordinary object. Author Kenneth Libbrecht, a physics professor at Caltech and the pre-eminent snow-crystal researcher, discusses the physics and mythology of snow and how snow crystals are made. Photographer Patricia Rasmussen presents remarkable color micro-photography of snowflakes, and also discusses the history of snow-crystal micro-photography as invented by farmer Wilson Bentley.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Illustrations
270 color photos
ISBN-13
978-1-62788-733-5 (9781627887335)
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Voyageur Press
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Kenneth Libbrecht
The Snowflake
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11/2003
Town Square Books
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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 Snowflake: Winter's Frozen Artistry, The Art of the Snowflake, and Field Guide to Snowflakes. Dr. Libbrecht served as science consultant on the Disney film Frozen. He lives in Pasadena with his wife, Rachel Wing. They have two children.
Content
- Intro
- ONE | Winterâ?Ts Frozen Artistry
- TWO | Snowflake Watching
- THREE | A Field Guide to Falling Snow
- FOUR | Snowflake Weather
- FIVE | Snow Crystal Symmetry
- SIX | Morphogenesis on Ice
- SEVEN | Designer Snowflakes
- EIGHT | Snowflake Photography
- Epilogue
- Index
- About the Authors
