A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick

A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick

The most spectacular photographs ever created on the subject of water appear in this unique science book by Walter Wick. The camera stops the action and magnifies it so that all the amazing states of water can be observed -- water as ice, rainbow, steam, frost, dew. Readers can examine a drop of water as it falls from a faucet, see a drop of water as it splashes on a hard surface, count the points of an actual snowflake, and contemplate how drops of water form clouds. Evaporation, condensation, capillary, attraction, and surface tension are explained through simple text and illustrated by pictures that reveal water in its many awesome transformations. The last pages of the book feature experiments that welcome the reader into the world of scientific investigation. In A Drop of Water, Walter Wick embraces two disciplines, art and science, and stimulates the reader as aesthetic and scientific observer.

Walter Wick s'est int?ress? ? l'art et plus particuli?rement au dessin et ? la peinture alors qu'il ?tait au secondaire. Apr's des ?tudes en photographie, il a travaill? comme technicien de laboratoire et assistant pour un photographe publicitaire; puis il a d?m?nag? ? New York o? il a mont? son propre studio. C'est en arrangeant un d?cor qu'il a trouv? un jour, l'inspiration pour son premier livre C'est moi l'espion. Il vit avec sa femme dans le Connecticut.

Walter Wick is best known for his brilliant search-and-find photographs. He is the co-creator and photographer of the I Spy books (C'est moi l'espion) as well as the author, creator and photographer of the Can You See What I See? Series (Vois-tu ce que je vois?). He is also the author and photographer of two award-winning science books, A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder and Walter Wick's Optical Tricks. He lives with his wife in Connecticut.

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ISBN 13	9780590221979
ISBN 10	0590221973
Title	A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder
Author	Walter Wick
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Scholastic India Pvt Ltd
Year published	1997-04-01
Number of pages	40
Prizes	Winner of Bookseller's Choice (Nonfiction) 1998, Winner of Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Nonfiction) 1997
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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