The Book of Cold, Ice, and Snow

What is winter? It is snowflakes, frosty patterns on the window, New Year's holidays, sleds, skates, skis. And winter is also a whole continent, it is Arctic expeditions, dog sled races, polar nights, and several glacial periods. This book is... a large dictionary of winter and everything wintery. Here, in alphabetical order, are collected facts, stories, myths, and legends about ice, cold, and snow. Winter in this book is shown through the prism of different sciences: from astronomy to philosophy and from biology to history. Everything we love about winter, and everything that captivates our imagination, the mysteries of nature and dangerous adventures of the past, the laws of physics and fantastic tales - all this is gathered here, under one cover.

Author: Екатерина Степаненко

Printhouse: Peshkom v istoriiu

Age restrictions: 6+

Year of publication: 2017

ISBN: 9785905474910

Number of pages: 56

Size: 338x248x10 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 666 g

ID: 1683172

What is winter? It is snowflakes, frosty patterns on the window, New Year's holidays, sleds, skates, skis. And winter is also a whole continent, it is Arctic expeditions, dog sled races, polar nights, and several glacial periods. This book is a large dictionary of winter and everything wintery. Here, in alphabetical order, are collected facts, stories, myths, and legends about ice, cold, and snow. Winter in this book is shown through the prism of different sciences: from astronomy to philosophy and from biology to history. Everything we love about winter, and everything that captivates our imagination, the mysteries of nature and dangerous adventures of the past, the laws of physics and fantastic tales - all this is gathered here, under one cover.

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