DK Eyewitness Books: Rocks and Minerals
DK Eyewitness Books: Rocks and Minerals
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DK Eyewitness Books: Rocks and Minerals by Rf Symes
This picture-packed, fact-filled guide will rock your world! Already selling more than one million copies, this comprehensive visual book for kids introduces the spectacular array of rocks and minerals on Earth. From volcanic rocks to glittering gems and everything in between, Eyewitness Rocks and Minerals leaves no stone unturned. Did you know that every rock is a combination of one or more minerals? Or that marble was first used in ancient Greece? And almost 20,000 meteorites land on our planet every year? Discover all this and much, much more inside. Part of DK’s best-selling Eyewitness series, this book for children unearths essential information, fascinating facts, infographics, statistics, and timelines. With places to visit and ways to find out more, there is no end to your geological journey of discovery.
R. F. Symes, better known as Bob, was a celebrated figure in British geology and mineralogy for almost 50 years. He joined the staff of the British Museum in 1957 in the natural history department and eventually earned a BSc in geology from Birkbeck College. Symes was largely responsible for bringing the first electron microprobes to the Natural History Museum. Alongside P. G. Embrey, he discovered the minerals parkinsonite and mereheadite. A pink oxychloride, symesite, was named in his honor in 2000. He was also awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his services to the Natural History Museum and to mineralogy. R. F. Symes died in 2016.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781465420565 |
| ISBN 10 | 1465420568 |
| Titre | DK Eyewitness Books: Rocks and Minerals |
| Auteur | Rf Symes |
| Série | Dk Eyewitness |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Dk Children |
| Année de publication | 2014-06-16 |
| Nombre de pages | 72 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |