The Secret Life of a Snowflake: An Up-close Look at the Art & Science of Snowflakes - Rilegato

Libbrecht, Kenneth

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ISBN 10: 0760336768 ISBN 13: 9780760336762

Casa editrice: Voyageur Pr, 2009

Riassunto

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.

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THE SECRET LIFE OF A SNOWFLAKE tells 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. Featuring photographs of real snowflakes, forming in a laboratory, water evaporating, clouds developing, ice crystals, rain, dew, frost - all the elements that accompany and add up, bit by bit, to the white landscape of winter. Aimed at readers from five upward, this book has stunningly beautiful photographs of snowflakes, along with a description of how they are formed and fall, and explains these magical phenomena, making it all the more real and bound to appeal to both children and adults. A perfect book for the Winter! --New Classics, January, 2010

L'autore

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 Snowflake: Winter's Frozen Artistry, The Art of the Snowflake, and Field Guide to Snowflakes. Dr. Libbrecht served as science consultant on the Disney film Frozen. He lives in Pasadena with his wife, Rachel Wing. They have two children.

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.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Voyageur Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0760336768
• ISBN 13: 9780760336762
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 48
• Disegnatore: Sorenson Vanessa