Best Selling Books by Konrad Lorenz

Lorenz''s work is set in its social and political context and recent new evidence is examined that may refute some of the claims made by the critics.

An enlightening and entertaining account of the unique relationship between humans and their pets. It offers a delightful insight into animal and human thinking and feeling. An essential companion for all dog lovers!

Based on Vergleichende Verhaltensforschung: Grundlagen der Ethologie, 1978.

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. King Solomon''s Ring, the book which brought him worldwide recognition, is a delightful treasury of observations and insights into the lives of all sorts of creatures, from jackdaws and water-shrews to dogs, cats and even wolves. Charmingly illustrated by Lorenz himself, this book is a wonderfully written introduction to the world of our furred and feathered friends, a world which often provides an uncanny resemblance to our own. A must for any animal-lover!

This translation contains a synopsis of all the ideas that made Lorenz famous as the founder of ethology, the study of comparative animal behavior. edited from the author''s posthumous works by Agnes von CranachHere Am I Where Are You?: The Behavior of the Greylag Goose was thought to be Konrad Lorenz''s last book. However, in 1991 the Russian Manuscript was discovered in an attic, and its subsequent publication in German has become a scientific sensation. Written under the most extreme conditions in Soviet prison camps, the Russian Manuscript was the first outline of a large-scale work on behavioralscience. This translation contains a synopsis of all the ideas thatmade Lorenz famous as the founder of ethology, the study of comparative animal behavior.

Edited from the author''s posthumous works by Agnes von Cranach. Topics incl. natural science & idealistic philosophy, general attempts to define life, vitalism, mechanism, etc.\Here Am I Where Are You?: The Behavior of the Greylag Goose was thought to be Konrad Lorenz''s last book. However, in 1991 the \"Russian Manuscript\" was discovered in an attic, and its subsequent publication in German has become a scientific sensation. Written under the most extreme conditions in Soviet prison camps, the \"Russian Manuscript\" was the first outline of a large-scale work on behavioral science. This translation contains a synopsis of all the ideas that made Lorenz famous as the founder of ethology, the study of comparative animal behavior. Written just after World War II, while the author was incarcerated in a Soviet prison camp, this so-called \"Russian manuscript\" was believed lost forever. Its rediscovery in 1991 and, now, its publication represent a major contribution to the history of science and the advancement of the behavioral sciences. This book contains some of the earliest formulations of the discipline that Lorenz called comparative behavioral research (i.e., ethology); its theories also portend the development of sociobiology and the new fields of behavioral and genetic psychology. He writes, \"The route to an understanding of humans leads just as surely through an understanding of animals as the evolutionary pathway of humans had led through animal precursors.\" Lorenz also devotes almost equal attention to the \"Philosophical Prolegomena\" as to the \"Biological Prologomena,\" arguing, in the process, for a synthesis between the sciences and the humanities as complementary expressions of human cognition. The text, edited by Lorenz''s daughter, is full of literary excesses; although comprehensible to the lay reader, it is not particularly enjoyable to read. Still, such a book''s value cannot be measured by its popularity alone. Important for any general science collection and indispensable for all academic or history of science collections.-Gregg Sapp, Univ. of Miami Lib.

Documents the social conduct of wild geese with anecdotes about specific geese who take on strikingly human characteristics

Darwin''s work of 1872 still provides the point of departure for research in the theory of emotion and expression. Although he lacked the modern research tool of cybernetics, his basic methods have not been improved upon: the study of infants, of the insane, of paintings and sculpture, of some of the commoner animals; the use of photographs of expression submitted to different judges; and the comparative study of expression among different peoples. This new edition will be warmly welcomed by those behavioral scientists who have recently shown an intense interest in the scientific study of expression. Lay readers, too, will be struck by the freshness and directness of this book, which includes, among other data, Darwin''s delightfully objective analysis of his own baby''s smiles and pouts.

Comparative Studies on the Behaviour of Anatinae is Konrad Lorenz''s work on the study of the Anatinae family which is a subfamily of the family Anatidae (swans, geese and ducks). Lorenz studied instinctive behavior in animals, especially in greylag geese and jackdaws. Working with geese, he rediscovered the principle of imprinting (originally described by Douglas Spalding in the 19th century) in the behavior of nidifugous birds. In later life his interest shifted to the study of humans in society.

In this wonderful book, the famous scientist and best-selling author, Konrad Lorenz, ''the man who talked with animals'', enlightens and entertains us with his illustrated account of the unique relationship between humans and their pets. Displaying Lorenz''s customary humanity and expert knowledge of animals, Man Meets Dog is also a deeply personal and entertaining account of his relationships with his own four-legged friends. With charming sketches on almost every page, Man Meets Dog offers a delightful insight into animal and human thinking and feeling. An essential companion for all lovers of dogs (and cats!).

\"Diary of a dolphin trainer\"--Cover.

Al pari della teoria relativistica di Einstein o di quella psicoanalitica di Freud, l’etologia, la scienza di cui Konrad Lorenz è stato l’iniziatore e che studia il comportamento animale con il metodo dell’analisi comparata, è entrata ormai stabilmente nella «coscienza collettiva» e nella cultura dell’Occidente. Questo trattato di «fondamenti e metodi» è una vera summa del pensiero lorenziano, con la quale deve misurarsi anche chi voglia solo contestarne i risultati. Accusato spesso di eccessivo innatismo, Lorenz sorvola qui sugli aspetti del comportamento umano, ma i risultati di etologia animale che vengono illustrati sono di portata così generale che il riferimento è trasparente. Il luminoso ma fragile edificio della nostra razionalità, sembra ammonire Lorenz, poggia su un terreno di istinti primordiali che abbiamo in comune con creature ben più primitive nella scala evolutiva e con cui dobbiamo fare i conti.

A Konrad Lorenz è stato conferito il Premio Nobel 1973 per la medicina in riconoscimento della sua opera fondatrice di una scienza che rivela sempre più la sua enorme portata: l’etologia. Ma Lorenz non è soltanto un grande scienziato: pochi libri hanno affascinato così tanti lettori in questi ultimi anni come le storie di animali da lui magistralmente raccontate nell’\"Anello di Re Salomone\". Ora, in \"E l’uomo incontrò il cane\

En este libro Lorez emprende un análisis penetrante de los conceptos de lo “innato” y lo “aprendido” en el comportamiento. Ninguno de los dos términos, “innato” o “aprendido” es aplicable a pautas de comportamiento completamente desarrolladas sino sólo a la procedencia de la información que constituye el requisito previo para que el comportamiento se adapte al medio. Tal información entra en el sistema orgánico ya sea a través de la especie, que la ha adquirido por mutación y selección, o a través del individuo, que la ha adquirido en la acción recíproca con su medio ambiente habitual. Por una parte, puede haber pautas de comportamiento que deben el estar adaptadas exclusivamente a información adquirida en la evolución de la especie, en tanto que, por otra parte, todo comportamiento adaptativo presupone necesariamente un mecanismo programado sobre la base de la información filogenéticamente adquirida. Ni el intercambio entre la adaptación filogenética y la modificación adaptativa ni las formas análogas en que ambas extraen información del medio –dice Lorenz- pueden eximir a los psicólogos de distinguir entre dos procesos filogenéticamente diferentes ni de rastrear hasta sus fuentes la información que está en la base de toda adaptación del comportamiento.