The Secret Life of a Snowflake
The Secret Life of a Snowflake
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Presents the story of a single snowflake - from it's creation in the clouds, following its fall to earth, and its brief sparkling appearance on a child's glove. This book shows photographs of snowflakes, along with a description of how they are formed, fall, and explains this magical phenomena.
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The Secret Life of a Snowflake by Kenneth Libbrecht
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 snowflakes creation in the clouds, through its fall to earth, to its brief and sparkling appearance on a childs 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 authors 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 natures most magical phenomena while making the wonder of the snowflake all the more real.
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.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780760336762 |
| ISBN 10 | 0760336768 |
| Titre | The Secret Life of a Snowflake |
| Auteur | Kenneth Libbrecht |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | Voyageur Press |
| Année de publication | 2010-01-01 |
| Nombre de pages | 48 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |