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Natural History Collecting (The Grosset All-Color Guide, Vol 42)
Natural History Collecting - The Grosset All-Color Guide, Vol 42 Author:Reg Harris, Peter Thornley (Illustrator) Here is a well organized and comprehensive color guide and survey, for children and adults alike, that are interested in the collection and study of natural history objects. Common minerals, rocks and fossils are covered along with plants and species of animals from all the major groups. The nature "buff" learns how to understand ecolo... more »gy through the observation of living and preserved specimens. How and what to observe, to collect and then to care for or preserve are all clearly spelled out by a professional naturalist. 300 illustrations in full color.
This book fills an important need in today's world of ecological awareness. For it is a concise and authoritative survey of nature's wide domain and the simple techniques necessary for the study of rocks, plants and animals. It is not necessary to journey to the wilderness to study nature- one's backyard and the fields and woods nearby offer numerous and varied specimens. Observation plays and equally important role in the understanding of nature as there are many sites, plants and animals better left undisturbed.« less