Chris Pellant
Autor(a) de Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals (Smithsonian Handbooks)
About the Author
Chris Pellant lectures in Earth Sciences in Cleveland, England
Séries
Obras por Chris Pellant
Collecting Gems & Minerals: Hold the Treasures of the Earth in the Palm of Your Hand (1998) 24 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1947-06-27
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Locais de residência
- Houlsyke, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Ocupações
- geologist
freelance writer
freelance photographer - Relações
- Pellant, Helen (wife)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- "Chris and Helen Pellant began writing books together in the 1980s, and have written a number of earth science books, this being their twelfth. They also run their own photographic library (www.picsandwords.com) and manage Biophoto Associates (www.biophoto-associates.com). They are keen conservationists, studying and recording plants, lepidoptera and marine life. They live in an old farmhouse in North Yorkshire with their six cats." from www.nhbs.com
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 40
- Membros
- 1,938
- Popularidade
- #13,276
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 8
- ISBN
- 129
- Línguas
- 9
I like that it gives little definitions at the bottom. It goes over the 3 types of rocks and how they are made, as well as topics on lava and magma and different types of crystals. The pictures they use are photographs and properly show the type of fossil or rock being discussed. It's very informal despite the short sentences, and I find that it is perfect for a lesson on geology. It even has little projects at the back where a student could make their own fossils or start a rock collection.… (mais)