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Physicist's Snowflake Images on Postage Stamps

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PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 3, 2006 -- Microphotographic images of snowflakes captured by California Institute of Technology physics professor Kenneth Libbrecht will appear on US postal stamps beginning this month. The set of four commemorative stamps are the result of Libbrecht's investigations into how patterns are created during crystal growth and other simple physical processes, in particular, a case study of snowflakes. His research is aimed at better understanding how structures arise in material systems, but it is also visually compelling and, from the start, has been a hit with the public: Libbrecht said his Web site,...Read full article

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    Published: October 2006
    California Institute of Technologycommemorative stampCommunicationsConsumerdefenseKenneth LibbrechtMicrophotographic imagesMicroscopyNews & Featuressnow crystalsSnowflake patternssnowflakessynthetic snowflakes

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