Herbert Spencer Zim (1909–1994)
Autor/a de Birds of North America: A Guide to Field Identification
Sobre l'autor
Herbert S. Zim was born in 1909 in New York City. He was a naturalist, author, editor and also known as the fonder and editor in chief of the Golden Guides series of nature books. Zim wrote or edited more than one hundred scientific books, and in a thirty-year career teaching in the public schools mostra'n més introduced laboratory instruction into elementary school science. He is best known as the founder in 1945, of the Golden Guides, pocket-size introductions for children to such subjects as fossils, zoology, microscopy, rocks and minerals, codes and secret writings, trees, wildflowers, dinosaurs, navigation and more. He was the sole or co-author for many of the books, which were valued for their clarity, accuracy and attractive presentation helped by the illustrations of James Gordon Irving. He continued to work on the Golden Guides series until Alzheimer's disease forced him to slow down in the 1990s. He died in 1994 at Plantation Key, Florida. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Sèrie
Obres de Herbert Spencer Zim
Trees of North America: A Field Guide to the Major Native and Introduced Species North of Mexico (1968) — Editor, algunes edicions — 1,228 exemplars
Stars: A Guide to the Constellations, Sun, Moon, Planets, and Other Features of the Heavens (1951) 1,032 exemplars
Weather: Air Masses, Clouds, Rainfall, Storms, Weather Maps, Climate, (Golden Guides) (1957) 799 exemplars
Pond Life: A Guide to Common Plants and Animals of North American Ponds and Lakes (1967) 798 exemplars
Seashells of the World - A Guide to the Better-Known Species (Golden Nature Guides) (1962) 720 exemplars
Birds of the world : a survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families (1961) 196 exemplars
American Birds & Wildflowers, Over 120 of the Most Common & Best Known Birds, Flowers of United States Illustrated in… (1950) 9 exemplars
Song Birds of the World 2 exemplars
How things grow 2 exemplars
Telephone Systems 2 exemplars
How things grow 2 exemplars
Universe, The 2 exemplars
What's Inside the Earth? 2 exemplars
What's inside the earth? 2 exemplars
Flowers AGuide To Familar American Wildflowers 1 exemplars
Whats Inside of Me? 1 exemplars
Cargo Ships — Autor — 1 exemplars
Our Wonderful World: An Encyclopedic Anthology for the Entire Family - Volume 18 Index (1965) 1 exemplars
Insects A GUIDE tTO FAMILIAR AMERICAN INSECTS 1 exemplars
Codes & Secret Writing Tx 164 1 exemplars
Planets 1 exemplars
Corals 1 exemplars
People of Purpose 1 exemplars
Enciclopedia de Ciencias Naturales 1 exemplars
The Rocky Mountains 1 exemplars
Seashores a guide to shells, sea plants, shore birds, and other natural features of American coasts 1 exemplars
Elephants 1 exemplars
Waves 1 exemplars
Lightening and Thunder 1 exemplars
Diamonds 1 exemplars
Dinosaurs 1 exemplars
Sharks 1 exemplars
Frogs and Toads 1 exemplars
Alligators & Crocodiles 1 exemplars
Bones 1 exemplars
Codes and Secret Writing 1 exemplars
Seashores 1 exemplars
Your Stomach and Digestive Tract 1 exemplars
Parrakeets 1 exemplars
Reptiles and Amphibians 1 exemplars
Monkeys 1 exemplars
Flowers: A Guide to Familiar American Species 1 exemplars
What is Happening in Our Wonderful World 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Rocks and Minerals (Field Guide and Introduction to the Geology and Chemistry of) (1973) — Editor, algunes edicions — 355 exemplars
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 11, July 1977 — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Zim, Herbert Spencer
- Data de naixement
- 1909-07-12
- Data de defunció
- 1994-12-05
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- New York, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Plantation Key, Florida, USA
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
California, USA
Plantation Key, Florida, USA (death)
Port Washington, New York, USA - Educació
- Columbia University (BS|1933|MS|1934|PhD|1940)
- Professions
- teacher
naturalist
author
editor - Relacions
- Bleeker, Sonia (wife)
- Organitzacions
- Simon & Schuster
University of Illinois - Biografia breu
- editor in chief of the Golden Guides series of nature books
Membres
Converses
Found: Non-Fiction 50s-60s Children's Book About Birds of North America a Name that Book (març 2022)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 170
- També de
- 3
- Membres
- 23,497
- Popularitat
- #894
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 109
- ISBN
- 317
- Llengües
- 4