The Color of Nature: An Exploratorium Book

by Paul Doherty and Pat Murphy

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811813576
• ISBN13: 9780811813570
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book

"The Color of Nature" is a very good book. The photography is wonderful, and there is nice text to go along with it.

Great for Kids and Adults Alike!

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