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The Science of Snowflakes | It's Okay to be Smart | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2014-01-06
- Category:Education
- Channel:It's Okay To Be Smart
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- description: You are a beautiful and curious snowflake. SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More below ↓ Snowflakes are infinitely beautiful, but are they infinitely unique? Here's all the science behind Earth's favorite cold crystal. More reading: Wilson Bentley, The Snowflake Man of Vermont http://publicdomainreview.org/2011/02/14/the-snowflake-man-of-vermont/ Kenneth Libbrecht's SnowCrystals website (the definitive snow science page on the internet): http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/ The true shape of snowflakes: http://news.sciencemag.org/environment/2013/04/scienceshot-true-shape-snowflakes?rss=1 Timeline of snowflake research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_snowflake_research Interactive water crystal packing (Firefox is best) http://www.edinformatics.com/interactive_molecules/ice.htm The case of two identical snowflakes: http://www.livescience.com/1239-scientist-snowflakes-alike.html My previous blog posts about snowflakes: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/post/15581221005/time-lapse-video-of-lab-grown-snowflakes-back-in http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/post/38400195225/snowflake-formation-physics http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/post/41027364496/what-snow-actually-looks-like http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/post/37508537473/let-it-snow-1863 http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/post/24892144754/ice-sculptures-on-the-tip-of-a-needle-what-a ----------------- Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment below! Follow me on Twitter: @jtotheizzoe Email me: itsokaytobesmart AT gmail DOT com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart For more awesome science, check out: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.com Joe Hanson - Host and writer Joe Nicolosi - Director Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen Inc. Katie Graham - Director of Photography Andrew Matthews - Editor and motion graphics Produced by PBS Digital Studios: http://www.youtube.com/user/pbsdigitalstudios ----------- Last week's video: The Universe In A Glass of Wine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3_n7TDL7lc More videos: Why We Cook: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpfwu__PF7Y Ghosts of Evolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWW5OuxlKec Exoplanets Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvET91EYoyc Exoplanets Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3D-Z5N7iAU
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