Ken Libbrecht's Field Guide to Snowflakes - Hardcover

Libbrecht, Kenneth

 
9780760326459: Ken Libbrecht's Field Guide to Snowflakes
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0760326452 ISBN 13: 9780760326459
Verlag: Voyageur Press, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Snowflakes are temporary works of art, tiny crystalline masterpieces, each as different from the next as one person is from another. If you would like to look closer at these marvelous creations - and understand their patterns - this handy, pocket-sized book will serve as your introduction to the art and science of the snowflake.

As entertaining as it is informative, this comprehensive field guide describes the many different types of snowflakes, where and how to find them, and what can be learned from their intricate structures and patterns. Also included are handy tips for intrepid snowflake hunters, including what type of snowflakes to expect during certain weather conditions, opportune ways for capturing them (the author prefers the brightly-lit tops of parking garages at night, for example).

Illustrated with Libbrecht's own remarkable microphotographs of real snowflakes, the book is itself a work of art, as delightful to look at as it is to learn from, and as full of wonder as it is rich with answers. An excellent guide for snowflake lovers, classrooms, family fun, as well as the serious or amateur scientist.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kenneth Libbrecht is a professor of physics at Caltech. A North Dakota native, he is the author of Voyageur Press’ The Snowflake, The Little Book of Snowflakes, and The Magic of Snowflakes: A Postcard Book. In the fall of 2006, the United States Postal Service introduced four stamps based on Libbrecht’s stunning snowflake photography.

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The next time the forecast calls for snow, you can be prepared with this fun, informative pocket-sized guide to the amazing world of snowflakes.
This guide will not only explain the science behind these one-of-a-kind natural masterpieces, but showcases their delicate beauty through amazing microphotography of real snow crystals. You ll also learn about the most common types of snowflakes, their structures and patterns, when the most beautiful crystals are likely to fall, and how you can best observe and even photograph them.

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Verlag
Voyageur Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0760326452
ISBN 13 
9780760326459
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
112
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