Herbert Spencer Zim (1909–1994)
Autore di Birds of North America: A Guide to Field Identification
Sull'Autore
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 altro 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 meno
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Serie
Opere di Herbert Spencer Zim
Trees of North America: A Field Guide to the Major Native and Introduced Species North of Mexico (1968) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 1,230 copie
Seashells of the World - A Guide to the Better-Known Species (Golden Nature Guides) (1962) 722 copie
Birds of the world : a survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families (1961) 197 copie
American Birds & Wildflowers, Over 120 of the Most Common & Best Known Birds, Flowers of United States Illustrated in… (1950) 9 copie
Song Birds of the World 2 copie
How things grow 2 copie
Telephone Systems 2 copie
How things grow 2 copie
Universe, The 2 copie
What's Inside the Earth? 2 copie
What's inside the earth? 2 copie
Whats Inside of Me? 1 copia
Cargo Ships — Autore — 1 copia
Our Wonderful World: An Encyclopedic Anthology for the Entire Family - Volume 18 Index (1965) 1 copia
Codes & Secret Writing Tx 164 1 copia
Planets 1 copia
Corals 1 copia
People of Purpose 1 copia
The Rocky Mountains 1 copia
Seashores a guide to shells, sea plants, shore birds, and other natural features of American coasts 1 copia
Elephants 1 copia
Waves 1 copia
Lightening and Thunder 1 copia
Diamonds 1 copia
Dinosaurs 1 copia
Sharks 1 copia
Frogs and Toads 1 copia
Alligators & Crocodiles 1 copia
Bones 1 copia
Codes and Secret Writing 1 copia
Seashores 1 copia
Your Stomach and Digestive Tract 1 copia
Parrakeets 1 copia
Reptiles and Amphibians 1 copia
Monkeys 1 copia
Opere correlate
Rocks and Minerals (Field Guide and Introduction to the Geology and Chemistry of) (1973) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 355 copie
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 11, July 1977 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Zim, Herbert Spencer
- Data di nascita
- 1909-07-12
- Data di morte
- 1994-12-05
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Plantation Key, Florida, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
California, USA
Plantation Key, Florida, USA (death)
Port Washington, New York, USA - Istruzione
- Columbia University (BS|1933|MS|1934|PhD|1940)
- Attività lavorative
- teacher
naturalist
author
editor - Relazioni
- Bleeker, Sonia (wife)
- Organizzazioni
- Simon & Schuster
University of Illinois - Breve biografia
- editor in chief of the Golden Guides series of nature books
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Discussioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 170
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 23,531
- Popolarità
- #892
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 109
- ISBN
- 317
- Lingue
- 4