The Natural Science of the Human Species: An Introduction to Comparative Behavioral Research

Lorenz, Konrad; Cranach, Agnes Von

ISBN 10: 0262621207 / ISBN 13: 9780262621205

Published by MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Natural Science of the Human Species: An Introduction to Comparative Behavioral Research
• Publisher: MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262621207
• ISBN 13: 9780262621205
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: First Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 8.9W x 6H x 0.85D inches 8.9 inches width by 6 inches height by 0.85 inches depth

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Synopsis

This translation contains a synopsis of all the ideas that made Lorenz famous as the founder of ethology, the study of comparative animal behavior.

About the Author

Konrad Lorenz was appointed Professor of Psychology in Königsberg in 1940. After the war, he set up and directed the Max Planck Institutes for Marine Biology and Behavioral Physiology. In 1973 he won the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine and that year founded the Konrad Lorenz Institute. Lorenz is popularly known for his development, with Oscar Heinroth, of the concept of imprinting, as well as for the controversial views stated in his book, On Aggression.