Secret Life of a Snowflake: An Up-Close Look at the Art and Science of Snowflakes - Couverture rigide

Libbrecht, Kenneth

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ISBN 10 : 0760336768 ISBN 13 : 9780760336762

Editeur : Voyageur Press, 2010

Synopsis

Before a snowflake melts on your tongue, it makes an epic journey. This is the beautiful, full-color story of that journey, step by step, from a single snowflake’s creation in the clouds, through its fall to earth, to its brief and sparkling appearance on a child’s mitten. Told by a scientist who knows snowflakes better than almost anyone, the story features his brilliant photographs of real snowflakes, snowflakes forming (in the author’s lab), water evaporating, clouds developing, ice crystals, rain, dew, and frost--all the elements of the world and weather that add up, flake by flake, to the white landscape of winter. Aimed at readers from 6 to 12, The Secret Life of a Snowflake gets to the heart of one of nature’s most magical phenomena while making the wonder of the snowflake all the more real.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Kenneth Libbrecht is a professor of physics at Caltech, where he studies how crystals grow. His books include Ken Libbrecht’s Field Guide to Snowflakes, The Art of the Snowflake, and others. His latest news and views about snowflakes can be found at his website, www.SnowCrystals.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Voyageur Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0760336768
• ISBN 13: 9780760336762
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 48
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible