Herbert Spencer Zim (1909–1994)
Autor(a) de Birds of North America: A Guide to Field Identification
About the Author
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 mais 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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Séries
Obras de Herbert Spencer Zim
Trees of North America: A Field Guide to the Major Native and Introduced Species North of Mexico (1968) — Editor, algumas edições — 1,228 cópias
Stars: A Guide to the Constellations, Sun, Moon, Planets, and Other Features of the Heavens (1951) 1,033 cópias
Weather: Air Masses, Clouds, Rainfall, Storms, Weather Maps, Climate, (Golden Guides) (1957) 799 cópias
Seashells of the World - A Guide to the Better-Known Species (Golden Nature Guides) (1962) 721 cópias
Birds of the world : a survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families (1961) 196 cópias
American Birds & Wildflowers, Over 120 of the Most Common & Best Known Birds, Flowers of United States Illustrated in… (1950) 9 cópias
Song Birds of the World 2 cópias
How things grow 2 cópias
Telephone Systems 2 cópias
How things grow 2 cópias
Universe, The 2 cópias
What's Inside the Earth? 2 cópias
What's inside the earth? 2 cópias
Flowers AGuide To Familar American Wildflowers 1 exemplar(es)
Golden Book Encyclopedia of Natural Science Volume 2 1 exemplar(es)
Whats Inside of Me? 1 exemplar(es)
Our Wonderful World: An Encyclopedic Anthology for the Entire Family - Volume 2 (1965) 1 exemplar(es)
Cargo Ships — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Our Wonderful World: An Encyclopedic Anthology for the Entire Family - Volume 18 Index (1965) 1 exemplar(es)
Insects A GUIDE tTO FAMILIAR AMERICAN INSECTS 1 exemplar(es)
Codes & Secret Writing Tx 164 1 exemplar(es)
Planets 1 exemplar(es)
Corals 1 exemplar(es)
People of Purpose 1 exemplar(es)
Enciclopedia de Ciencias Naturales 1 exemplar(es)
The Rocky Mountains 1 exemplar(es)
Seashores a guide to shells, sea plants, shore birds, and other natural features of American coasts 1 exemplar(es)
Elephants 1 exemplar(es)
Waves 1 exemplar(es)
Lightening and Thunder 1 exemplar(es)
Diamonds 1 exemplar(es)
Dinosaurs 1 exemplar(es)
Sharks 1 exemplar(es)
A Golden Guide 3 Book Set: Insects, Pond Life, Trees 1 exemplar(es)
Frogs and Toads 1 exemplar(es)
Alligators & Crocodiles 1 exemplar(es)
Bones 1 exemplar(es)
Codes and Secret Writing 1 exemplar(es)
Seashores 1 exemplar(es)
Your Stomach and Digestive Tract 1 exemplar(es)
Parrakeets 1 exemplar(es)
Reptiles and Amphibians 1 exemplar(es)
Monkeys 1 exemplar(es)
Flowers: A Guide to Familiar American Species 1 exemplar(es)
What is Happening in Our Wonderful World 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Rocks and Minerals (Field Guide and Introduction to the Geology and Chemistry of) (1973) — Editor, algumas edições — 355 cópias
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 11, July 1977 — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Zim, Herbert Spencer
- Data de nascimento
- 1909-07-12
- Data de falecimento
- 1994-12-05
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Plantation Key, Florida, USA
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
California, USA
Plantation Key, Florida, USA (death)
Port Washington, New York, USA - Educação
- Columbia University (BS|1933|MS|1934|PhD|1940)
- Ocupação
- teacher
naturalist
author
editor - Relacionamentos
- Bleeker, Sonia (wife)
- Organizações
- Simon & Schuster
University of Illinois - Pequena biografia
- editor in chief of the Golden Guides series of nature books
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- Obras
- 170
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- 3
- Membros
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- Popularidade
- #894
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 109
- ISBNs
- 317
- Idiomas
- 4