Category Archives: Diversions

The physics of snowflakes

If this photograph doesn’t WOW you, there are many more to behold at SnowCrystals.com, a site devoted to the history and science of snowflakes. Created by Kenneth Libbrecht, professor of physics at CalTech, the website is a fascinating collection of photographs, descriptions, and explanations of how snowflakes are created, including a movie of a [...]