Why is the sky blue and the grass green? What are the colorful secrets of the enigmatic aurora borealis or the ethereal shimmer of a soap bubble? From San Francisco's Exploratorium, the acclaimed hands-on museum behind the best-selling Explorabook, comes The Color of Nature, which delves into these and other intriguing questions. Extraordinary photographs and an engaging text illustrate the fascinating phenomena behind the myriad colors that make up our world -- from moon bows to mandrills, chameleons to hydrangeas. This remarkable volume will fire the imagination of anyone with a passion for nature, science, or photography.
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If we would only stop and smell the roses once in a blue moon, we'd discover some amazing things on this planet. Why are wildflowers so brightly colored? To attract the attention of honeybees, of course. Why are flamingos pink? Because of the pigments in the crustaceans they eat. Perhaps only a physics professor would know that you can tell the age of a desert by the color of its sand--perhaps only a physics professor would care--but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to appreciate the photographic skills Neill employs in illustrating the authors' concepts.
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Pat Murphy -- senior writer and editor of the Exploratorium Quarterly for over a decade -- is also an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author. She lives in San Francisco.
Paul Doherty is currently senior scientist at the Exploratorium Center for Teaching and Learning.
William Neill is a renowned landscape photographer and winner of the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for nature photography.
Paul Doherty is currently senior scientist at the Exploratorium Center for Teaching and Learning.
William Neill is a renowned landscape photographer and winner of the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for nature photography.
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Paul Dogerty makes learning the "whys" and "hows" of colors fun. He presents the scientific principles of how we see what we see in an easy-to-grasp manner that is both interesting and comprehensible. In addition, the photographs that accompany the text, which alone are worth the price of the book, serve to admirably highlight the processes Dogerty seeks verbally to illustrate. Together, art and words combine to emphasize the wonder and beauty of the world in which we live
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"The Color of Nature" is a very good book. The photography is wonderful, and there is nice text to go along with it.
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- Color in Plants and Flowers by J. Proctor in Back Matter
- The Science of Soap Films and Soap Bubbles by Cyril Isenberg in Back Matter
- Rainbows, Halos and Glories by Robert Greenler in Back Matter
- The Nature of Light and Colour in the Open Air (Dover Books on Earth Sciences) by M. Minnaert in Back Matter
- Photographing the Patterns of Nature by Gary Braasch in Back Matter
- A Field Guide to Digital Color by Maureen Stone in Back Matter
- Travelers' Tales Nepal: True Stories of Life on the Road (Travelers' Tales Guides) by Rajendra S. Khadka on page 326
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