King Solomon's Ring
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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What if a scientist could truly speak to the animals — and have them speak back? King Solomon's Ring is the landmark work of animal behaviour by Nobel Prize-winning ethologist Konrad Z. Lorenz, who chronicles his extraordinary life among the creatures of his Austrian home with the eye of a scientist and the heart of a storyteller. Through intimate, often humorous accounts of jackdaws, greylag geese, water shrews, and a host of other animals, Lorenz illuminates the hidden social lives, emotional depths, and instinctual drives of the animal kingdom, shattering the barrier between human observer and wild subject. Written with warmth, wit, and rigorous scientific insight, this foundational text of modern ethology argues compellingly that animal behaviour is not mere mechanism but a rich, ordered world deserving of respect and wonder. Lorenz's prose is accessible yet profound, making complex biological concepts vivid and immediate for the general reader and the specialist alike. Featuring a new introduction by W.H. Thorpe, this edition stands as both a scientific classic and a deeply personal testament to the bond between humans and animals — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of ourselves we might recognise in the creatures we observe.
Author: Konrad Z. Lorenz
Format: Paperback
Genre: Natural history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What if a scientist could truly speak to the animals — and have them speak back? King Solomon's Ring is the landmark work of animal behaviour by Nobel Prize-winning ethologist Konrad Z. Lorenz, who chronicles his extraordinary life among the creatures of his Austrian home with the eye of a scientist and the heart of a storyteller. Through intimate, often humorous accounts of jackdaws, greylag geese, water shrews, and a host of other animals, Lorenz illuminates the hidden social lives, emotional depths, and instinctual drives of the animal kingdom, shattering the barrier between human observer and wild subject. Written with warmth, wit, and rigorous scientific insight, this foundational text of modern ethology argues compellingly that animal behaviour is not mere mechanism but a rich, ordered world deserving of respect and wonder. Lorenz's prose is accessible yet profound, making complex biological concepts vivid and immediate for the general reader and the specialist alike. Featuring a new introduction by W.H. Thorpe, this edition stands as both a scientific classic and a deeply personal testament to the bond between humans and animals — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of ourselves we might recognise in the creatures we observe.