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 por Herbert Spencer Zim
Trees of North America: A Field Guide to the Major Native and Introduced Species North of Mexico (1968) — Editor, algumas edições — 1,223 exemplares
Stars: A Guide to the Constellations, Sun, Moon, Planets, and Other Features of the Heavens (1951) 1,020 exemplares
Weather: Air Masses, Clouds, Rainfall, Storms, Weather Maps, Climate, (Golden Guides) (1957) 798 exemplares
Pond Life: A Guide to Common Plants and Animals of North American Ponds and Lakes (1967) 792 exemplares
Seashells of the World - A Guide to the Better-Known Species (Golden Nature Guides) (1962) 716 exemplares
Birds of the world : a survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families (1961) 195 exemplares
American Birds & Wildflowers, Over 120 of the Most Common & Best Known Birds, Flowers of United States Illustrated in… (1950) 9 exemplares
Song Birds of the World 2 exemplares
What's inside the earth? 2 exemplares
How things grow 2 exemplares
Telephone Systems 2 exemplares
How things grow 2 exemplares
Seashores a guide to shells, sea plants, shore birds, and other natural features of American coasts 1 exemplar
Stjerner 1 exemplar
Whats Inside of Me? 1 exemplar
The Rocky Mountains 1 exemplar
People of Purpose 1 exemplar
Enciclopedia de Ciencias Naturales 1 exemplar
Your Stomach and Digestive Tract 1 exemplar
Monkeys 1 exemplar
Reptiles and Amphibians 1 exemplar
Parrakeets 1 exemplar
Planets 1 exemplar
Our Wonderful World: An Encyclopedic Anthology for the Entire Family - Volume 18 Index (1965) 1 exemplar
Cargo Ships — Autor — 1 exemplar
What is Happening in Our Wonderful World 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Rocks and Minerals (Field Guide and Introduction to the Geology and Chemistry of) (1973) — Editor, algumas edições — 354 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 11, July 1977 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- 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)
- Ocupações
- teacher
naturalist
author
editor - Relações
- Bleeker, Sonia (wife)
- Organizações
- Simon & Schuster
University of Illinois
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 156
- Also by
- 3
- Membros
- 23,348
- Popularidade
- #903
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 109
- ISBN
- 317
- Línguas
- 4