Wilson Bentley, a “bona-fide snowflake obsessive,” essentially jerry-rigged a microscope to a camera to snap close-ups of flakes in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Bentley’s work inspired ...

Warren's book blends scientific curiosity with poetry, highlighting snowflakes as symbols of purity and grace. Later studies, like Wilson Bentley's photographs and a 2013 Japanese research project ...