The Snowflake Winter's Secret Beauty Author:Kenneth Libbrecht WINNER, 2004 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD! (Nature & Environment) Snowflakes may be an everyday, common subject, but youve 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 extraordinar... more »y look at a seemingly ordinary object. The general public is interested in popular science subjects, weather, and amazing photography. "The Snowflake" has elements of all these, and with its appealing combination of informative text and fascinating photography, there is no other book like it on the market. Author Kenneth Libbrecht, an executive officer of physics at CalTech and the pre-eminent snow-crystal researcher, discusses the physics and mythology of snow and how snow crystals are made. Photographer Patricia Rasmussen presents remarkable color micro-photography of snowflakes, and also discusses the history of snow-crystal micro-photography as invented by farmer Wilson Bentley.« less