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This page provides a guide to different topics covering the science of snow crystal formation. First, a couple references:  "Physical Dynamics of Ice Crystal Growth," by Kenneth G. Libbrecht, Annual Reviews of Materials Research, 2017. 47:271–95. This is a detailed review paper describing much of what is currently known about how ice crystals grow. It's a dense read, with much information relegated to the references.  "The Snowflake: Winter's Frozen Artistry," by Kenneth Libbrecht and Rachel Wing, 2015, Voyageur Press. This is a popular-science book, describing snowflake science in a more readable format, but with much less scientific detail. Coming soon! A large book (>500 pages) describing the detailed physics of snow crystals growth ... contents listed below. The book is currently in production at Princeton University Press, and it should be available by around July 2021. Snow Crystals by Kenneth Libbrecht Contents: Preface Chapter 1 – Snow Crystal Science     Complex Symmetry     A Brief History of Snow Crystal Science     Twenty-First-Century Snowflakes     No Two Alike? Chapter 2 – Ice Crystal Structure     Ice Crystallography     Surface Premelting     Ice Energetics     Molecular Dynamics Simulations     Surface-Energy Considerations     Snow Crystal Twinning Chapter 3 – Diffusion-Limited Growth     Faceting and Branching     Free Dendrites     Diffusion in Snow Crystal Growth     The Spherical Solution     Additional Analytic Solutions     Solvability Theory     Snow Crystal Aerodynamics     Order and Chaos Chapter 4 – Attachment Kinetics     Ice Kinetics     Large-Facet Attachment Kinetics     Structure-Dependent Attachment Kinetics     Explaining the Nakaya Diagram     The Morphological Nexus at -5 C     Snow Crystal Cartography     Dislocation-Mediated Growth     Chemical Vapor Effects Chapter 5 – Computational Snow Crystals     A Progression of Snow Crystal Models     Spherical Cellular Automata     2D Cellular Automata     3D Cellular Automata Chapter 6 – Laboratory Snow Crystals     Free-Fall Snow Crystals     Substrate Support     Levitation     Continuous Diffusion Chambers     Snow Crystal Imaging Chapter 7 – Simple Ice Prisms     Precision Ice-Growth Measurements     A Tale of Two Experiments     Simple-Prism Convergence Chapter 8 – Electric Ice Needles     Snowflake on a Stick     E-needle Formation     An E-needle Dual Diffusion Chamber     The Nakaya Diagram on E-needles     Simplest E-needle Growth     An Analysis Example: E-needles at -15C     E-needle Vignettes Chapter 9 – Designer Snow Crystals     The Plate-on-Pedestal Method     Illumination and Post-Processing     PoP Growth Behaviors     Identical-Twin Snow Crystals     PoP Art Chapter 10 – Natural Snowflakes     Snowflake Watching Chapter 11 – Snowflake Photography     Finding Snowflakes     Optics and Lenses     Illumination Matters Appendix I – List of Variables Bibliography Index