On Aggression (Harvest Book, Hb 291) - Softcover

Lorenz, Conrad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156687410 ISBN 13: 9780156687416

Publisher: Harcourt Brace International, 1974

Synopsis

This work has had significant impact on the social and biological sciences and is now a classic point of reference for investigations of behavioral patterns. Lorenz presents his findings on the mechanism of aggression and how animals control destructive drives in the interest of the species. Translated by Marjorie Kerr Wilson. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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About the Author:

Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989), Austrian zoologist, played a leading part in the foundation of ethology, the study of animal behavior. Most of his work was done at the Max Planck Institute of Behavioral Psychology, in Seewiesen, Bavaria. Lorenz studied greylag geese and jackdaws in particular, and rediscovered the principle of imprinting (originally described by Douglas Spalding in the nineteenth century). In 1973, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing it with two other important ethologists, Niko Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. His books for lay readers include "King Solomon's Ring", "Man Meets Dog", "Behind the Mirror", "Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins", and "The Year of the Greylag Goose".

Synopsis:

A study of the nature of aggression in animals and its causes, control, and wide implications for mankind.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Brace International
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0156687410
• ISBN 13: 9780156687416
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324