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Lorenz, Konrad

 
9780156117760: Behind The Mirror: A Search for a Natural History of Human Knowledge
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0156117762 ISBN 13 : 9780156117760
Editeur : Houghton Mifflin, 2009

Synopsis

Nobel laureate Lorenz here investigates culture as a living system. From amoebas to humans, he traces the physiological mechanisms that direct behavior and thought. Translated by Ronald Taylor; Index. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.

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À propos de l'auteur

Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989), Austrian zoologist, played a leading part in the foundation of ethology, the study of animal behavior. Most of his work was done at the Max Planck Institute of Behavioral Psychology, in Seewiesen, Bavaria. Lorenz studied greylag geese and jackdaws in particular, and rediscovered the principle of imprinting (originally described by Douglas Spalding in the nineteenth century). In 1973, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing it with two other important ethologists, Niko Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. His books for lay readers include "King Solomon's Ring", "Man Meets Dog", "Behind the Mirror", "Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins", and "The Year of the Greylag Goose".

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Éditeur
Houghton Mifflin
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0156117762
ISBN 13 
9780156117760
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
261
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