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Ken Libbrecht's Field Guide to Snowflakes

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ISBN13: 9780760326459

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As entertaining as it is informative, this comprehensive field guide describes the many different types of snowflakes, where and how to find them, and what can be learned from their intricate structures and patterns. Also included are handy tips for intrepid snowflake hunters, including what type of snowflakes to expect during certain weather conditions, and opportune ways for capturing them (the author prefers the brightly-lit tops of parking garages at night, for example). Illustrated with Libbrecht's own remarkable microphotographs of real snowflakes, the book is itself a work of art, as delightful to look at as it is to learn from, and as full of wonder as it is rich with answers. An excellent guide for snowflake lovers, classrooms, family fun, as well as the serious scientist.

Snowflakes are temporary works of art, tiny crystalline masterpieces, each as different from the next as one person is from another. If you would like to look closer at these marvelous creations and understand their patterns, this handy, pocket-sized book will serve as your introduction to the art and science of the snowflake.

Publisher's note: Congratulations to Ken Libbrecht on the selection of his snowflake microphotographs for the Holiday 2006 US Postal Service line of postage stamps!

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Summary: Great Guide Book
Comment: This book is a great resource for the citizen scientists. I take kids out on winter snowshoe tours and use this book and a macroscope to explore the types of snow. We can also look at the weather report: temperature and relative humidity and predict the types of snowflakes we'll see: VERY COOL!

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Snowflakes

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Have you ever wondered why there are (supposedly) no two snowflakes alike? This book gives you all the answers.

If you love snowflakes, this is one (there are three) of the books for you! It is a very readable and fascinating study of what comes out of the sky in large flakes or tiny particles, the different parts of a snowflake, and the simple beauty of nature. I bought all three of Ken Libbrecht's snowflakes books and I love them all.

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Summary: The Beauty of Snow
Comment: This book came promptly and was in excellent condition. It is a lovely and interesting book.

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Incredible!

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If you've ever been enchanted by a single snowflake on your sleeve or marveled at the frosty crystals on a windowpane, prepare for a delight beyond imagination! This guide to snowflakes contains the most amazing photographs of this wonder of nature. The accompanying text, though a bit dense in places, describes the formation of ice crystals as they tumble through the atmosphere and explains why certain conditions yield specific types of flakes. What a wonderful confluence of art, science and nature!

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Field Guide To Snowflakes

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For a literally small book, this one is the most stunning visual representation of the magnificent variety in nature that I have seen. To create an inspirational masterpiece from this subject matter is nothing short of genius. Everyone should have a copy of this book to bring them back to the grandeur of the hidden wonders around them. Ken Libbrecht has offered something rare and wonderful.