Snow Crystals : A Case Study in Spontaneous Structure Formation /

A definitive new investigation of the science of snowflakes by the world's leading expertA snowflake's sophisticated symmetry emerges when crystalline ice grows from water vapor within the winter clouds. While certain iconic snowflake shapes are visually familiar to us, microscopic close-u...

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Autor principal: Libbrecht, Kenneth G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Snowflakes.
SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter.
Accuracy and precision.
Artistic rendering.
Atmospheric pressure.
Atmospheric sciences.
Attic calendar.
Baking.
Biomolecule.
Blood Glucose.
Branching (polymer chemistry).
By-product.
Camera.
Camphor.
Canon EOS 5D.
Chemical bond.
Chemical formula.
Chisel.
Circumference.
Clear ice.
Cloud.
Coefficient.
Collision.
Computational chemistry.
Computational model.
Consumer.
Crystal growth.
Crystal structure.
Crystal.
Cubic crystal system.
Curvature.
Cytokine.
Deforestation.
Desiccation.
Dew point.
Diagram.
Diffusion equation.
Dimension.
Dislocation.
Drop (liquid).
Economic development.
Facet (geometry).
Faceting.
Field lens.
Focus stacking.
Freedman.
Glucocorticoid.
Glycoside.
Hatchling.
Heat exchanger.
Hydrogen atom.
Ice Ih.
Ice.
Implementation.
Impurity.
Isotropy.
Latent heat.
Lighting.
Liquid crystal.
Menopause.
Micrograph.
Mitutoyo.
Molecule.
Neglect.
Nematode.
Nomenclature.
Nucleation.
Parabola.
Parasitoid.
Pedagogy.
Percentage.
Petite bourgeoisie.
Phase (matter).
Pixel.
Planned economy.
Plate column.
Properties of water.
Public sector.
Quadratic equation.
Refractive index.
Result.
Scientific method.
Snow.
Southwestern United States.
Sovereignty.
Stabilization policy.
Stagnation point.
State management.
Steradian.
Stokes' law.
Storage tank.
Stunted growth.
Supersaturation.
Surface diffusion.
Surface energy.
Surface roughness.
Temperature gradient.
Temperature.
Video production.
Visual effects.
Website.
Zero of a function.
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