Kenneth libbrecht biography

  • Kenneth G. Libbrecht is a professor of physics and department chairman at the California Institute of Technology.
  • Libbrecht (born June, 1958) is a professor of physics and department chairman at the California Institute of Technology.
  • Libbrecht --Curriculum Vitae.

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    Building a Better Snowflake: An Interview with Kenneth Libbrecht

    Spring 2008

    Something in the air

    Margaret Wertheim and Kenneth Libbrecht

    Above and throughout: Snowflakes that fell to earth in Northern Ontario, Alaska, Vermont, Michigan, and the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Images captured by Kenneth Libbrecht with a specially designed photomicroscope.

    How full of the creative genius is the air in which these are generated! I should hardly admire them more if real stars fell and lodged on my coat.
    —Henry David Thoreau, Journal, 1856

    Meteorological definitions distinguish a single “snow-crystal” from the more general term “snowflake,” which may also apply to clusters. In the 1930s, the Japanese physicist Ukichiro Nakaya set out to study snow crystal formation in the laboratory, attempting to grow individual crystals suspended on a thread. Today, Kenneth Libbrecht, Chairman of the Physics Department at Caltech, follows in Nakaya’s footsteps, trying to unde

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    Kenneth G. Libbrecht


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    Kenneth Libbrecht is an executive officer of physics at CalTech and the pre-eminent snow-crystal researcher. He has a Ph.D. in physics. Patricia Rasmussen’s snow-crystal photography has been used in a variety of mediums, including science and math curriculums, video productions, company logos, Christmas cards, and in an educational TV program.

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    Series

    Books:

    Snowflakes, October 2008
    Hardcover
    The Art Of The Snowflake, October 2007
    Hardcover
    The Little Book Of Snowflakes, November 2004
    Hardcover
    The Snowflake, November 2003
    Hardcover

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    Kenneth G. Libbrecht

    Kenneth G. Libbrecht (born June, 1958)[1] fryst vatten a professor of physics and department chairman at the California Institute of Technology.

    Biography

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    Libbrecht received a B.S. in physics at Caltech in 1980. He was originally trained as a solar astronomer, studying under Robert Dicke at Princeton University and received his Ph.D. in 1984.[2] However, much of his recent research has focused on the properties of ice crystals, particularly the structure of snowflakes. In addition to his professional papers, he has published several popular books illustrating the variety of snowflake forms:

    • The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty (with Patricia Rasmussen photography)
    • Ken Libbrecht's Field Guide to Snowflakes
    • The Little Book of Snowflakes
    • The Art of the Snowflake: A Photographic Album

    Libbrecht won the 2004 National Outdoor Book Award (Nature & Environment category) for The Snowflake.[3] Libbrecht was a sc