Similar to Bentley, Descartes was so convinced of the unique symmetry of snowflakes that he asserted, “It is impossible for men to make anything so exact” (Mason 1966). In the 1950s, Ukichiro Nakaya proved Descartes wrong by successfully growing artificial snow crystals in the laboratory. Nakaya was a nuclear physicist who began his work on snow crystal formation in 1932 only after he failed to find a facility in his trained profession of nuclear research. Nakaya discovered that the shapes of snowflakes are determined by the conditions in which they grow, such as temperature and super-saturation of air. Nakaya’s research focused on the dendritic crystal growth of snowflakes’ leaf-like structures. Snowflakes with these structures possess a “fluffy” morphology, while snowflakes lacking these structures exhibit a plain, simple, and hexagonal morphology, which makes snow more dense and slippery (Nakaya 1954). Consequently, Nakaya’s research has proven advantageous to meteorologists and those who predict high-risk avalanche areas. His research has helped equip these individuals with more knowledge of the properties of different types of snow. Nakaya’s research also offered the first concise explanation as to how snowflakes come into being. Although the terms “snowflake” and “snow crystal” are