The Year Of The Greylag Goose
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Few scientists have ever managed to blur the line between rigorous field research and poetic observation as masterfully as Nobel laureate Konrad Lorenz does in The Year of the Greylag Goose. This landmark work chronicles an extraordinary year in the lives of a flock of greylag geese at Lorenz's research station in Grünau, Austria, tracing the full arc of their seasonal existence — from the tender bonds of pair formation and the drama of courtship, through the trials of nesting and the remarkable spectacle of a new generation taking its first flight. Accompanied by the stunning photography of Sybille and Klaus Kalas, this is a work of rare intimacy and scientific depth, illustrating the complex social hierarchies, familial loyalties, and emotional lives of these magnificent birds with both scholarly precision and genuine warmth. Lorenz, the father of modern ethology, argues persuasively throughout that the study of animal behaviour holds a mirror up to our own humanity — and the parallels he draws are as thought-provoking as they are beautiful. Translated into English by Robert Martin, this volume stands as an essential document of 20th-century natural science, one that leaves the reader wondering just how much of themselves they might recognise in the behaviour of a goose.
Author: Konrad Lorenz
Format: Hardback
Genre: Zoology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Few scientists have ever managed to blur the line between rigorous field research and poetic observation as masterfully as Nobel laureate Konrad Lorenz does in The Year of the Greylag Goose. This landmark work chronicles an extraordinary year in the lives of a flock of greylag geese at Lorenz's research station in Grünau, Austria, tracing the full arc of their seasonal existence — from the tender bonds of pair formation and the drama of courtship, through the trials of nesting and the remarkable spectacle of a new generation taking its first flight. Accompanied by the stunning photography of Sybille and Klaus Kalas, this is a work of rare intimacy and scientific depth, illustrating the complex social hierarchies, familial loyalties, and emotional lives of these magnificent birds with both scholarly precision and genuine warmth. Lorenz, the father of modern ethology, argues persuasively throughout that the study of animal behaviour holds a mirror up to our own humanity — and the parallels he draws are as thought-provoking as they are beautiful. Translated into English by Robert Martin, this volume stands as an essential document of 20th-century natural science, one that leaves the reader wondering just how much of themselves they might recognise in the behaviour of a goose.