This text offers a ground-breaking history of feminism, inviting a critical analysis of current ideas, terms and assumptions about our modern world. This is the story of a long revolution that has set out to change predominant attitudes and transform value hierarchies and human lifestyles.
This text offers a ground-breaking history of feminism, inviting a critical analysis of current ideas, terms and assumptions about our modern world. T...
This book explores afresh the long-standing interest, and emphasis on, the special' capacities of primates. Some of the recent discoveries of the higher cognitive abilities of other mammals and also birds challenge the concept that primates are special and even the view that the cognitive ability of apes is more advanced than that of nonprimate mammals and birds. It is therefore timely to ask whether primates are, in fact, special and to do so from a broad range of perspectives. Divided into five sections this book deals with topics about higher cognition and how it is manifested in...
This book explores afresh the long-standing interest, and emphasis on, the special' capacities of primates. Some of the recent discoveries of the h...
Winner of a 2016 Whitley Award Commendation for Behavioural Zoology
Recent published papers in the field of neurobiology and neuropsychology have dramatically changed our thinking about the avian brain and behavioral potential of birds, especially in the areas of learning, memory, plasticity, and in the cognitive and emotional domains. Bird Minds provides a fresh view of the behavior of Australian native avifauna, presenting a portrait of cognitive well-equipped species, which is somewhat removed from the traditional image of birds as fluttering, colorful ornaments...
Winner of a 2016 Whitley Award Commendation for Behavioural Zoology
Recent published papers in the field of neurobiology and neurop...
The tawny frogmouth is one of Australia's most intriguing and endearing birds. Written by award-winning author Gisela Kaplan, one of Australia's leading authorities on animal behaviour and native birds, this second edition of Tawny Frogmouth presents an easy-to-read account of these unique nocturnal birds, which can be found across almost the entire continent.
The tawny frogmouth is one of Australia's most intriguing and endearing birds. Written by award-winning author Gisela Kaplan, one of Australia's leadi...