The Art of the Snowflake

A Photographic Album

Kenneth Libbrecht (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

156 Seiten

2007
Voyageur Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-2997-9 (ISBN)

Titel ist leider vergriffen;
keine Neuauflage

Artikel merken

Contains the geometry and beauty of nature with 240 different photographs of snow and snowflakes. This book contains photographs from different photographers who were inspired by these snowflakes.

The perfect geometry and exquisite beauty of nature is nowhere so clear to us as in the snowflake. But how have we been able to appreciate this infinitesimal wonder in all its crystalline glory? This book, as much a work of art as a testament to science, reveals how one of the snowflakes most inspired photographers came to such intimate knowledge of his craft and its fleeting focus. Beautiful pictures illustrate Kenneth Libbrechts story of the microphotography of snow crystals, from the pioneering work of Wilson Bentley in the 1890s right up to Kens own innovations in our age of digital images. A breathtaking look at the works of art that melt in an instant, this is a book to page through and savor, season after season.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.10.2007
Sprache	englisch
Maße	305 x 267 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
ISBN-10	0-7603-2997-4 / 0760329974
ISBN-13	978-0-7603-2997-9 / 9780760329979
Zustand	Neuware