| Behind the Mirror Contributor(s): Lorenz, Konrad (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156117762 ISBN-13: 9780156117760 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1978 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 121 |
| LCCN: 78006031 |
| Series: Helen and Kurt Wolff Books |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.42" W x 8.72" (0.75 lbs) 261 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lorenz, Konrad: - 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". |