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The snowflake : Winter's secret beauty
Libbrecht, Kenneth2004
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Snowflakes may be an everyday subject, but you've never seen them like this! Kenneth Libbrecht describes the creation of the snow crystal, and their fleeting beauty and complexity are captured in Patricia Rasmussen's amazing micro-photography. This book takes an extraordinary look at the common snowflake. From the simple act of water condensing into ice, these amazing crystal structures appear - complex, symmetric and in endlessly varying designs. Kenneth Libbrecht describes the creation of the snow crystal, and reveals the mystery of how snowflakes develop into such intricate forms. Their fleeting beauty is captured in Patricia Rasmussen's amazing micro-photography.
Main title:
The snowflake : Winter's secret beauty / text by Kenneth Libbrecht ; photography by Patricia Rasmussen.
Imprint:
Grantown-on-Spey : Colin Baxter, 2004.
Collation:
112 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), port. ; 27 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: Stillwater, Minn.: Voyageur, 2003.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781841072531 (hbk)
Dewey class:
551.5784
LC class:
QC926.32
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1014553