The Snowflake
Author | : Kenneth Libbrecht |
Publisher | : Voyageur Press |
Total Pages | : 147 |
Release | : 2003-11-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781610605427 |
ISBN-13 | : 161060542X |
Rating | : 4/5 (42X Downloads) |
Download or read book The Snowflake written by Kenneth Libbrecht and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2003-11-17 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.