The Art of the Snowflake: A Photographic Album

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Author: Kenneth Libbrecht
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

8 reviews
Sales Rank: 94401

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 156
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 12.1 x 10.6 x 0.9

ISBN: 0760329974
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.3
EAN: 9780760329979
ASIN: 0760329974

Publication Date: October 15, 2007
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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.

Book Description

As much a work of art as a testament to science, this book reveals how one of the snowflake’s most inspired photographers came to his 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: Read 3 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent book August 7, 2008
James Boyer (Fort Wayne, IN USA)
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.

5 out of 5 stars

High quality novelty, thought-provoking April 2, 2008
Paul Seaman (Charlottesville, VA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Since several other reviewers have described this book, and the topic is self-evident, I want to emphasize what a high QUALITY book this is. As a coffee-table size hardback, many of which today are so cheaply made, this one is MADE really well, a pleasure for that alone. Good quality binding and excellent color reproductions. And who would have thought such a simple subject could remain fascinating for over 150 pages! Really worth the price, esp. with the Amazon discount.

2 out of 5 stars

Too Much April 1, 2008
Christine C. Smith (southlake, tx United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

these photos are amazing, but maybe a little too much of the same thing over and over. The smaller book would probably suffice

5 out of 5 stars

Beaufiful coffee table winter book March 22, 2008
Kelley Arney (Iowa City, IA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Beautiful, full page color pictures of so many kinds of snowflakes. There is also interesting written material about formations and weather related issues. Did you know you can grow snowflakes? With the right information. I will never be able to think snow and mud belong in the same category again.

5 out of 5 stars

Equally fascinating for the physicist, the small child and the photographer February 17, 2008
Katherine Springer
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is a beautiful book with superb microphotographs. Most of us know theoretically that each bit of nature is unique but here in full page photos are shown the intricate beautiful forms of snowflakes - every one different - all with six points but some blocky, some ethereal. A fascinating lesson in nature and physics is in the discussion of how they form.

I leave it on my coffee table and people always open it. My small grandchild is fascinated by it. And my brother who gave it to me is a scientist who enjoys it. This is the first review I've ever written but I wanted to take the time because this book is so beautiful.