Herbert Spencer Zim (1909–1994)
Auteur van Birds of North America: A Guide to Field Identification
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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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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Trees of North America: A Field Guide to the Major Native and Introduced Species North of Mexico (1968) — Redacteur, sommige edities — 1,242 exemplaren
Natuurgids voor de STERRENWERELD in kleuren Een gids voor de sterrenbeelden, de zon, de maan, de planeten en andere… (1951) 1,042 exemplaren
Weather: Air Masses, Clouds, Rainfall, Storms, Weather Maps, Climate, (Golden Guides) (1957) 808 exemplaren
Pond Life: A Guide to Common Plants and Animals of North American Ponds and Lakes (1967) 804 exemplaren
Seashells of the World - A Guide to the Better-Known Species (Golden Nature Guides) (1962) 729 exemplaren
Natuurgids voor de zeekusten. Een inleiding tot het planten- en dierenrijk langs de kusten (1955) 700 exemplaren
Birds of the world : a survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families (1961) 197 exemplaren
American Birds & Wildflowers, Over 120 of the Most Common & Best Known Birds, Flowers of United States Illustrated in… (1950) 9 exemplaren
What's Inside the Earth? 2 exemplaren
What's inside the earth? 2 exemplaren
How things grow 2 exemplaren
Universe, The 2 exemplaren
How things grow 2 exemplaren
Song Birds of the World 2 exemplaren
Telephone Systems 2 exemplaren
Cargo Ships — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Flowers AGuide To Familar American Wildflowers 1 exemplaar
Insects A GUIDE tTO FAMILIAR AMERICAN INSECTS 1 exemplaar
Our Wonderful World: An Encyclopedic Anthology for the Entire Family - Volume 18 Index (1965) 1 exemplaar
Whats Inside of Me? 1 exemplaar
Codes & Secret Writing Tx 164 1 exemplaar
Insects (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press) by Cottam, Clarence, Zim, Herbert S. (2001) Paperback 1 exemplaar
Sharks 1 exemplaar
People of Purpose 1 exemplaar
Enciclopedia de Ciencias Naturales 1 exemplaar
The Rocky Mountains 1 exemplaar
Seashores a guide to shells, sea plants, shore birds, and other natural features of American coasts 1 exemplaar
Elephants 1 exemplaar
Waves 1 exemplaar
Lightening and Thunder 1 exemplaar
Diamonds 1 exemplaar
Dinosaurs 1 exemplaar
Corals 1 exemplaar
Frogs and Toads 1 exemplaar
Alligators & Crocodiles 1 exemplaar
Bones 1 exemplaar
Codes and Secret Writing 1 exemplaar
Seashores 1 exemplaar
Planets 1 exemplaar
Your Stomach and Digestive Tract 1 exemplaar
Parrakeets 1 exemplaar
Reptiles and Amphibians 1 exemplaar
Monkeys 1 exemplaar
Flowers: A Guide to Familiar American Species 1 exemplaar
What is Happening in Our Wonderful World 1 exemplaar
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Rocks and Minerals (Field Guide and Introduction to the Geology and Chemistry of) (1973) — Redacteur, sommige edities — 356 exemplaren
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 11, July 1977 — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Zim, Herbert Spencer
- Geboortedatum
- 1909-07-12
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1994-12-05
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New York, New York, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Plantation Key, Florida, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
California, USA
Plantation Key, Florida, USA (death)
Port Washington, New York, USA - Opleiding
- Columbia University (BS|1933|MS|1934|PhD|1940)
- Beroepen
- teacher
naturalist
author
editor - Relaties
- Bleeker, Sonia (wife)
- Organisaties
- Simon & Schuster
University of Illinois - Korte biografie
- editor in chief of the Golden Guides series of nature books
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