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(1913-2007) Author. Nina Zimet was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1913 and died in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts in 2007. She was, with her husband, Herman Schneider, the author of numerous children’s science books. She also wrote poetry which appeared in The New American Review and The Nation.

Full Name

Nina Schneider

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


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Schneider graduated from Brooklyn College.

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OTHER

Schneider graduated from Evander Childs High School in the Bronx, New York.

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RESIDENCE

Nina Schneider and her husband, Herman, lived in Greenwich Village, New York, New York. In 1980 they became year-round residents of West Tisbury, Massachusetts.

1913

BIRTH

Nina Zimet was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1913.

1946

LITWORK

How Big Is Big? From Stars to Atoms, a Yardstick for the Universe


Children's science book written with Herman Schneider.

1947

LITWORK

Hercules, the Gentle Giant


Children's book.

1948

LITWORK

Let's Look Inside Your House


Children's science book written with Herman Schneider.

1948

LITWORK

While Susie Sleeps
W. R. Scott

Children's book.

1950

LITWORK

How Your Body Works


Children's science book written with Herman Schneider.

1950

LITWORK

Let's Look Under the City: Water, Gas, Waste, Electricity, Telephone


Children's science book written with Herman Schneider.

1951

LITWORK

Plants in the City


Children's science book written with Herman Schneider.

1953

LITWORK

Science Fun With Milk Cartons


Children's science book written with Herman Schneider.

1975

LITWORK

Science Fun With a Flashlight


Children's science book written with Herman Schneider.

1980

LITWORK

The Woman Who Lived in a Prologue
Houghton Mifflin

Novel.

2007

DEATH

Nina Schneider died in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts in 2007.

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