Snowflakes

Kenneth Libbrecht (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

512 Seiten

2008
Voyageur Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-3498-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Showcasing individual snowflake crystals using micro-photography, this book takes us through a world of beauty and fascination, with literary quotes and scientific information to guide the reader through this marvelous world.

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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.

Autor

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.10.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 156 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-3498-6 / 0760334986
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-3498-0 / 9780760334980
• Zustand: Neuware