Konrad Lorenz (Author of King Solomon's Ring)

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Konrad Lorenz

Born

in Vienna, Austria

November 07, 1903

Died

February 27, 1989

Genre

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Konrad Zacharias Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. He is often regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology, developing an approach that began with an earlier generation, including his teacher Oskar Heinroth.
Lorenz studied instinctive behavior in animals, especially in greylag geese and jackdaws. Working with geese, he investigated the principle of imprinting, the process by which some nidifugous birds (i.e. birds that leave their nest early) bond instinctively with the first moving object that they see within the first hours of hatching. Although Lorenz did not discover the topic, he became widely known ...more

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	King Solomon's Ring 4.13 avg rating — 4,342 ratings — published 1949 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Aggression 4.04 avg rating — 1,641 ratings — published 1963 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man Meets Dog 3.86 avg rating — 1,678 ratings — published 1949 — 113 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Civilized man's eight deadly sins by Konrad Lorenz, Marjorie Latzke (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 1,040 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind the Mirror: A Search for a Natural History of Human Knowledge 4.02 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1973 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here I am - Where are you? The Behaviour of the Greylag Goose by Konrad Lorenz, Michael Martys, Angelika Tipler 4.16 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1988 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Foundations of Ethology 4.43 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1978 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Waning of Humaneness by Konrad Lorenz, Robert Warren Kickert 3.80 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year of the Greylag Goose 4.36 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1978 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evolution and Modification of Behavior 4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1967 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Philosophers are people who know less and less about more and more, until they know nothing about everything. Scientists are people who know more and more about less and less, until they know everything about nothing.”
― Konrad Lorenz

tags: experts, philosophy

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“There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog”
― Konrad Lorenz

tags: dogs

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“The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this Earth can ever be.”
― Konrad Lorenz

tags: dogs-and-humans

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