Peterson First Guide to Rocks and Minerals

Informationen zum Autor Frederick H. Pough (1907-2006) was a mineralogist and museum curator who wrote a guide to collecting gems and minerals that became essential for geologists. He wrote A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals while serving as a curator of physical geology and mineralogy at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan.   ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world’s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars. Klappentext Written and designed for the beginner, this book describes and illustrates the most common and interesting rocks and minerals, from simple sandstone to exotic gems. Illustrated with dozens of beautiful color photographs, it tells how these rocks and minerals formed and how to identify them--and includes tips on collecting. Zusammenfassung Written and designed for the beginner, this book describes and illustrates the most common and interesting rocks and minerals, from simple sandstone to exotic gems. Illustrated with dozens of beautiful color photographs, it tells how these rocks and minerals formed and how to identify them--and includes tips on collecting.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Tory Peterson, POUGH, Frederick Pough, Frederick H. Pough, Puch
• Assisted by: Roger Tory Peterson (Editor)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.1998
• EAN: 9780395935439
• ISBN: 978-0-395-93543-9
• Dimensions: 95 mm x 184 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Peterson First Guides; Peterson First Guides; Peterson First Guide; Peterson first guide series
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Animals, plants, nature, the environment; Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Mineralogy, petrography; HISTORY: WORLD, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: SCIENCE & NATURE, SCIENCE: History, SCIENCE: Natural History, NATURE: Birdwatching Guides, NATURE: Animals / Birds, NATURE: Sky Observation, SCIENCE: Earth Sciences / Geology, NATURE: Rocks & Minerals