Capturing Snowflakes Winter's Frozen Artistry
Capturing Snowflakes Winter's Frozen Artistry
- ISBN 13:
9780760369715
- ISBN 10:
0760369712
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/05/2021
- Publisher: Voyageur Press
Click the link below to purchase this eBook from our trusted partner, eCampus.com.
List Price $19.99 Save $0.70
Usually Ships in 3-5 Business Days
We Buy This Book Back!
Free Shipping On Every Order
Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
Extend or Purchase Your Rental at Any Time
Need to keep your rental past your due date? At any time before your due date you can extend or purchase your rental through your account.
Summary
The snow may seem unvaried to the naked eye, but the microscope reveals an amazing menagerie of beautiful crystalline forms. Building on the pioneering work of Wilson Bentley (1865-1931), Libbrecht has developed techniques for capturing images of snow crystals in unprecedented detail. While wondering at the hundreds of exquisite snowflake portraits, find:
- The science behind snowflakes, including how they form on a molecular level and the complex process that guarantees each one’s uniqueness
- Field notes from Libbrecht’s photographic expeditions to the frozen north
- The taxonomy of snowflakes and examples of each type: simple plates and prisms, columns and needles, capped columns, sectored plates, stellar plates, stellar dendrites, triangular crystals, double plates, split plates, split stars, and even rare twelve-branched snowflakes
- Quotations about the wonder of snowflakes and nature from Aristotle, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and more
This book is a breathtaking look at the works of art that melt in an instant.