| View Larger Image | The Art of the Snowflake: A Photographic Album | Hardcoverby Kenneth Libbrecht (Author)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Voyageur Press | | Edition: | 1stst Edition | | Page Count: | 156 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 15, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 30,583th |
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FEATURES | - ISBN13: 9780760329979
- Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
The perfect geometry and exquisite beauty of nature is nowhere so clear to us as in the snowflake. But how have we been able to appreciate this infinitesimal wonder in all its crystalline glory? This book, as much a work of art as a testament to science, reveals how one of the snowflake’s most inspired photographers came to such intimate knowledge of his craft and its fleeting focus. Beautiful pictures illustrate Kenneth Libbrecht’s story of the microphotography of snow crystals, from the pioneering work of Wilson Bentley in the 1890s right up to Ken’s own innovations in our age of digital images. A breathtaking look at the works of art that melt in an instant, this is a book to page through and savor, season after season. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 12 reviews)
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Beautiful!!! by T. Collins (Arkansas)  5 Stars
October 26, 2009
This is a must winter coffee table book! I love it, the pictures are so vivid and amazing side notes all through this wonderful book.
I collect snowmen and this was the perfect touch to my "cool" collection.
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Beautiful book by C. Kortz (Beverly Hills, MI USA) 5 Stars
June 26, 2009
I have one book about snowflakes but I have an obsession about them and just had to have this larger edition. The pictures are fabulous and makes you wonder at the universe's ability to create such amazingly beautiful crystals. A must have book.
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God's creations captures perfectly by Dulci (Allentown, Pa) 5 Stars
January 26, 2009
I ordered this book on Snowflakes for my Mother and SHE LOVES IT! In her time she cut out bunches and bunches of amazing snowflakes by hand, and this book has amazing pictures. some that even are similar to the ones she cut out. The history in the book and how this guy captures the snowflakes is awesome work. He definatly captured God's beauty in snowflakes. WONDERFUL BOOK! Also thank you for the fast service.
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Beautiful photography! by Maggie (Helena, MT) 5 Stars
December 23, 2008
The photos are amazing! It is so amazing how God can create such beautiful snowflakes and we don't even realize it! This would make a great conversation book for a coffee table in winter time. This book would also be great for children, so they can see and be amazed at God's handywork!
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Excellent book by James Boyer (Fort Wayne, IN USA) 5 Stars
August 07, 2008
This is a beautiful coffee table book. Mostly very highly detailed images. No real detail about the theory of snowflake development or how to preserve them. An art book not a scientific book but the images could not be better or more detailed. Bentley would be proud.
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SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Ken Libbrecht's Field Guide to Snowflakes
by Ken Libbrecht (Author)
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)....
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| Snowflakes
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A cute giftbook packed with glorious color microphotography of real snow crystals by Dr. Snow—Caltech physicist Kenneth Libbrecht. His photos of snowflakes have appeared in National Geographic, the New York Times, and on Martha Stewart’s TV show, as well as numerous other places. This thick “cube” book is packed with a blizzard’s worth of amazing images as well as literary quotes on the beauty of snow.
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| The Snowflake
by Kenneth G. Libbrecht (Author)
WINNER, 2004 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD! (Nature & Environment) Snowflakes may be an everyday, common subject, but you’ve never seen them like this! A collection of amazing photography of snow crystals using a unique system designed to take super-detailed micro images of these miniature ice masterpieces, "The Snowflake" is an extraordinary look at a seemingly ordinary object. The general public is interested in popular science subjects, weather, and amazing photography. "The...
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| The Little Book of Snowflakes
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This companion book to Voyageur Press’ "The Snowflake: Winter’s Secret Beauty" features new, super-detailed photographs of snowflakes, detailed captions containing the science behind their beauty, and literary quotes relating to nature and snow.
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| Snow Crystals (Dover photography collections)
by W. A. Bentley (Author), W. J. Humphreys (Author)
Over 2,000 photomicrographs of snowflakes, plus slides of frost, rime, glaze, dew and hail. Introduction by meteorologist W. J. Humphreys discusses techniques of photographing snow crystals, science of crystallography, classification and markings. "...page after page of patterns, one more beautiful than the next..."-Country Journal. 202 plates.
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