Best Selling Books by Konrad Lorenz

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!).

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. It is a wonderfully written introduction to the world of our furred and feathered friends!

Konrad Lorenz was the author of some of the most popular books ever published about animals, including the best-selling Man Meets Dog and King Solomon''s Ring. On Aggression is one of his finest works, as well as the most controversial. Through an insightful and characteristically entertaining survey of animal behaviour, the Nobel Prize winner tracks the evolution of aggression throughout the animal world. He also raises some startling questions when he applies his observations of animal psychology to humankind. His conclusions caused an unprecedented controversy, culminating in a statement adopted by UNESCO in 1989 which appeared to condemn his work. Whether or not Lorenz actually claimed aggression is hard-wired into the human psyche, and that war is an inevitable result, is something readers can decide upon for themselves. However you react, there can be no doubting that in today''s violent world this powerful work remains of paramount importance.

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.

Based on Vergleichende Verhaltensforschung: Grundlagen der Ethologie, 1978.

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

Like Solomon with his magic ring, famed Austrian ethologist Konrad Lorenz was a gifted student of the animal world. King Solomon''s Ring, the book which brought him worldwide recognition, is a delightful collection of observations and insights into the lives of our furry and feathered friends, from the familiar cats and dogs to jackdaws. A must read for any animal lover.

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.

Este libro ofrece una exposición sistemática de los fundamentos más importantes de la etología, que podría definirse como el estudio comparado de las conductas animales. Tras una introducción histórica y una sección metodológica sumamente esclarecedoras, en particular para el lector no especialista, ejemplifica y estudia minuciosamente conceptos y fenómenos tan decisivos como entre otros, lo innato y lo adquirido, los movimientos hereditarios, los estímulos y mecanismos desencadenantes de reacciones, el instinto, la adaptación, los procesos e aprendizaje, la conducta exploradora o el juego.

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.

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.

Omenirea, privită ca specie biologică, pare să-și fi pierdut firescul instinct de conservare. Un rău cu mai multe chipuri amenință dezvoltarea noastră și, în același timp, e tocmai rezultatul acestei dezvoltări: suprapopularea, distrugerea mediului natural, competiția umană acerbă, atrofierea simțurilor, degradarea genetică, ruptura de tradiție, receptivitatea la îndoctrinare și cursa înarmărilor. Aceste opt păcate capitale sunt analizate cu finețe de Konrad Lorenz, unul dintre marii savanți ai secolului XX. „Orice pericol își pierde considerabil din capacitatea de a ne îngrozi, dacă îi sunt cunoscute cauzele. Astfel, eu sper și cred că această cărticică va contribui puțin la diminuarea pericolelor ce amenință omenirea.“ (KONRAD LORENZ)