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The Snowflake Hardback - 2003 - 1st Edition

by Kenneth George Libbrecht; Patricia Rasmussen (Photographer); Kenneth George Libbrecht ()

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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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Growing up on a farm in North Dakota, I developed an early and intimate familiarity with snow.

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  • Title The Snowflake
  • Author Kenneth George Libbrecht; Patricia Rasmussen (Photographer); Kenneth George Libbrecht ()
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 112
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Voyageur Press (MN), Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S.A.
  • Publication date November 17, 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780896586307 / 0896586308
  • Weight 1.72 lbs (0.78 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.35 x 8.78 x 0.65 in (26.29 x 22.30 x 1.65 cm)
  • Category Nature
  • Library of Congress subjects Snowflakes
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003008399
  • Dewey Decimal Code 551.578

About the author

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.

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