Cabinet of Curiosities: Collecting and Understanding the Wonders of the Natural World download free [PDF and Ebook] by Gordon Grice

Cabinet of Curiosities: Collecting and Understanding the Wonders of the Natural World download free [PDF and Ebook] by Gordon Grice year 2015
  • Book name: Cabinet of Curiosities: Collecting and Understanding the Wonders of the Natural World
  • Author: Gordon Grice
  • Release date: 2015/6/15
  • Publisher: WORKMAN PUBLISHING
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Teen and Young Adult
  • ISBN: 9780761169277
  • Rating: 7.82 of 10
  • Votes: 60
  • Review by: Marcos Barger
  • Review rating: 8.59 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/11/16
  • Total pages: 192
  • Includes a PDF summary of 18 pages
  • Description or summary of the book: Nature writer Gordon Grice, who started his first cabinet of curiosities at age six when he found a skunk's skull, explains how scientists classify all living things through the Linnaeus system; how to tell real gold from fool's gold; how to preserve butterflies, crab shells, feathers, a robin's egg, spider specimens, and honeycombs; how to identify seashells; the difference between antlers and horns; how to read animal tracks. And then, what to do with your specimens, including how to build a cabinet of curiosities out of common household objects, like a desk organizer or a box for fishing tackle.
  • Estimated reading time (average reader): 11H43M59S
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Mysteries & The Supernatural (Children's/YA), Sciences, Handicrafts, Natural History Books for Children
  • Available formats: PDB, PDF, TXT, EPUB, WORD, DjVu, LIT, DOC. Compressed in TAR.7Z, RAR, ZIP, ACE, CPIO
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  • Format: Hardback
  • Approximate value: 29.24 USD
  • Dimensions: 215x280x22.86mm
  • Weight: 952.54g
  • Printed by: Not Available
  • Published in: New York, United States
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