Herbert Spencer Zim (1909–1994)
Auteur de Birds of North America: A Guide to Field Identification
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Herbert Spencer Zim
Trees of North America: A Field Guide to the Major Native and Introduced Species North of Mexico (1968) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 1,235 exemplaires
Étoiles: Guide des constellations du soleil de la lune des planètes et de tous les autres éléments du monde… (1951) 1,032 exemplaires
Weather: Air Masses, Clouds, Rainfall, Storms, Weather Maps, Climate, (Golden Guides) (1957) 801 exemplaires
Pond Life: A Guide to Common Plants and Animals of North American Ponds and Lakes (1967) 799 exemplaires
American Birds & Wildflowers, Over 120 of the Most Common & Best Known Birds, Flowers of United States Illustrated in… (1950) 9 exemplaires
Man in the Air: The Effects of Flying on the Human Body 3 exemplaires
How things grow 2 exemplaires
Telephone Systems 2 exemplaires
What's inside the earth? 2 exemplaires
Dinosaurs (Science Books) by Herbert S. Zim (1963-12-05) 2 exemplaires
What's Inside the Earth? 2 exemplaires
Song Birds of the World 2 exemplaires
Universe, The 2 exemplaires
How things grow 2 exemplaires
Flowers AGuide To Familar American Wildflowers 1 exemplaire
Golden Book Encyclopedia of Natural Science Volume 2 1 exemplaire
Whats Inside of Me? 1 exemplaire
Codes & Secret Writing Tx 164 1 exemplaire
Cargo Ships — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Our Wonderful World: An Encyclopedic Anthology for the Entire Family - Volume 18 Index (1965) 1 exemplaire
Insects A GUIDE tTO FAMILIAR AMERICAN INSECTS 1 exemplaire
FLOWERS A Guide to Familiar American Wildflowers 1 exemplaire
Planets 1 exemplaire
Corals 1 exemplaire
People of Purpose 1 exemplaire
Enciclopedia de Ciencias Naturales 1 exemplaire
The Rocky Mountains 1 exemplaire
Seashores a guide to shells, sea plants, shore birds, and other natural features of American coasts 1 exemplaire
Elephants 1 exemplaire
Waves 1 exemplaire
Lightening and Thunder 1 exemplaire
Diamonds 1 exemplaire
Dinosaurs 1 exemplaire
Sharks 1 exemplaire
A Golden Guide 3 Book Set: Insects, Pond Life, Trees 1 exemplaire
Frogs and Toads 1 exemplaire
Alligators & Crocodiles 1 exemplaire
Bones 1 exemplaire
Codes and Secret Writing 1 exemplaire
Seashores 1 exemplaire
Your Stomach and Digestive Tract 1 exemplaire
Parrakeets 1 exemplaire
Reptiles and Amphibians 1 exemplaire
Monkeys 1 exemplaire
Flowers: A Guide to Familiar American Species 1 exemplaire
What is Happening in Our Wonderful World 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Rocks and Minerals (Field Guide and Introduction to the Geology and Chemistry of) (1973) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 355 exemplaires
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 11, July 1977 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Zim, Herbert Spencer
- Date de naissance
- 1909-07-12
- Date de décès
- 1994-12-05
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Plantation Key, Florida, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
California, USA
Plantation Key, Florida, USA (death)
Port Washington, New York, USA - Études
- Columbia University (BS|1933|MS|1934|PhD|1940)
- Professions
- teacher
naturalist
author
editor - Relations
- Bleeker, Sonia (wife)
- Organisations
- Simon & Schuster
University of Illinois - Courte biographie
- editor in chief of the Golden Guides series of nature books
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 171
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 23,585
- Popularité
- #889
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 109
- ISBN
- 317
- Langues
- 4