King Solomon's Ring

ISBN-13: 9780415267465 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 224 str.

Konrad Lorenz

Opis

Solomon, the legend goes, had a magic ring which enabled him to speak to the animals in their own language. Konrad Lorenz was gifted with a similar power of understanding the animal world. He was that rare beast, a brilliant scientist who could write (and indeed draw) beautifully. He did more than any other person to establish and popularize the study of how animals behave, receiving a Nobel Prize for his work.

Recenzje

'It is one of the best and most penetrating non-technical books about animals and animal nature that has ever been written ... every sensitive reader will agree that the book is a work of humanity, wisdom and balance as well as of delightful humour.' – W H Thorpe

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Animals as a Nuisance; Chapter 2 Something that does no Damage; Chapter 3 Robbery in the Aquarium; Chapter 4 Poor Fish; Chapter 5 Laughing at Animals; Chapter 6 Pitying Animals; Chapter 7; Chapter 8 The Language of Animals; Chapter 9 The Taming of the Shrew; Chapter 10 The Covenant; Chapter 11 The Perennial Retainers; Chapter 12 Morals and Weapons;

O autorze

Konrad Lorenz (1903-89). Pioneering and world-renowned scientist of animal behaviour. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Psychology in 1973.