Search Results for: “Konrad Lorenz”

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in twentieth-century science have provoked as much wonder, controversy, and admiration as Konrad Lorenz — the Austrian naturalist whose patient observation of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the crossroads of biology, psychology, and evolutionary science stands a monumental work that forever changed how humanity understands animal behaviour. The Foundations of Ethology...

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Author: Konrad Z. LorenzBinding: SoftbackPublished: Time-Life Books Inc., 1980Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents groundbreaking observations on animal behavior. It offers insights into the intricate...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work in the field of ethology and behavioural science, On...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLegend holds that King Solomon wore a magic ring that allowed him to speak with animals — Konrad...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to know — and how did the human mind evolve the capacity to do...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat drives animals — and humans — to fight, dominate, and destroy? In On Aggression, Nobel Prize-winning ethologist...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedAt the intersection of instinct and intelligence lies one of the most ambitious scientific undertakings of the twentieth century —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of genetics and ethology stands one of the twentieth century's most provocative scientific arguments: that the rigid...

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Author: Konrad LorenzBinding: HardbackPublished: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work of ethology, The Year of the Greylag Goose, chronicles the intricate social lives...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work in the field of ethology, King Solomon's Ring presents Nobel Prize-winning...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom one of the twentieth century's most celebrated naturalists comes a landmark work that forever changed the scientific understanding of...

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Konrad Lorenz, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1973, was an important 20th-century pioneer of ethology, the investigation of animal behavior in the wild. Here Am I--Where Are...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Binding intact, no loose pages. No stickers or labels noted. A landmark...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of neuroscience, ethology, and cognitive psychology, On the Biology of Learning presents a landmark collection...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Staining to DJ.What does a lovebird's courtship display share with a human marriage ritual? In The Sexual Code: The Social...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFirst published in 1872, Charles Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals stands as one...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodWhat drives the behavior of all living creatures — from the territorial displays of a silverback gorilla to the tender embrace of two human lovers? Ethology:...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhat drives the courtship rituals of a stickleback fish, the aggression of a fighting cichlid, or the tender embrace of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Light chipping - jacket still bright.What compels a human being to bond, to fight, to nurture, or to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat drives humanity to both extraordinary acts of cooperation and catastrophic violence? The Biology of Peace and War: Men, Animals, and Aggression by renowned...

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The operatic life of the librettist for Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro. In 1805, Lorenzo Da Ponte was the proprietor of a small grocery store in New York....

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Author: Judith HookBinding: HardbackPublished: HAMISH HAMILTON, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA compelling historical biography, Lorenzo De' Medici: An Historical Biography chronicles the life and profound influence of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat drives human beings to love, fight, bond, and communicate across every culture on Earth? Human Ethology presents a sweeping scientific investigation into the biological...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, small tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible. A richly detailed biography, Lorenzo the Magnificent chronicles...

Author: Richard Krautheimer, Trude Krautheimer-HessBinding: PaperbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor markings to end-pages.Richard Krautheimer, in collaboration with Trude Krautheimer-Hess, presents a...

By the time he was forty, Lorenzo Da Ponte had been a poet, priest, lover and libertine, a friend of Casanova, collaborator then enemy of Salieri, and ultimately the librettist...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the relentless theatre of nature, survival hinges on deception — and no book captures this truth more...

Author: Hugh Ross WilliamsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical biography Lorenzo The Magnificent chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the Renaissance's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIs humanity's capacity for violence an immutable biological destiny, or a dangerous myth perpetuated by popular...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat separates humanity from the rest of the animal kingdom — and what, startlingly, does not? The Human Animal: The Mystery of Man's Behaviour...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of behavioural science and zoology, W. H. Thorpe's landmark work Learning and Instinct in Animals presents a...

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In his most recent works Lorenzo Puglisi reinterprets masterpieces of art history and icons from the collective visual memory. With the painting Il Grande Sacrificio, the Italian artist shares his...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedSet against the turbulent backdrop of the Mexican-American War and the mid-nineteenth century American Southwest, The Wine...