Herbert Spencer Zim (1909–1994)
Autor de Birds of North America: A Guide to Field Identification
Sobre El 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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
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Series
Obras de Herbert Spencer Zim
Trees of North America: A Field Guide to the Major Native and Introduced Species North of Mexico (1968) — Editor, algunas ediciones — 1,230 copias
Stars: A Guide to the Constellations, Sun, Moon, Planets, and Other Features of the Heavens (1951) 1,035 copias
Weather: Air Masses, Clouds, Rainfall, Storms, Weather Maps, Climate, (Golden Guides) (1957) 800 copias
Birds of the world : a survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families (1961) 197 copias
American Birds & Wildflowers, Over 120 of the Most Common & Best Known Birds, Flowers of United States Illustrated in… (1950) 9 copias
Song Birds of the World 2 copias
How things grow 2 copias
Telephone Systems 2 copias
How things grow 2 copias
Universe, The 2 copias
What's Inside the Earth? 2 copias
What's inside the earth? 2 copias
Whats Inside of Me? 1 copia
Cargo Ships — Autor — 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
Obras relacionadas
Rocks and Minerals (Field Guide and Introduction to the Geology and Chemistry of) (1973) — Editor, algunas ediciones — 355 copias
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 11, July 1977 — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Zim, Herbert Spencer
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1909-07-12
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1994-12-05
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- New York, New York, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Plantation Key, Florida, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
California, USA
Plantation Key, Florida, USA (death)
Port Washington, New York, USA - Educación
- Columbia University (BS|1933|MS|1934|PhD|1940)
- Ocupaciones
- teacher
naturalist
author
editor - Relaciones
- Bleeker, Sonia (wife)
- Organizaciones
- Simon & Schuster
University of Illinois - Biografía breve
- editor in chief of the Golden Guides series of nature books
Miembros
Debates
Found: Non-Fiction 50s-60s Children's Book About Birds of North America en Name that Book (marzo 2022)
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- Obras
- 170
- También por
- 3
- Miembros
- 23,532
- Popularidad
- #892
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 109
- ISBNs
- 317
- Idiomas
- 4