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Konrad Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist whose specialty, the biological origins of social behavior, is of major interest to psychologists. Lorenz pioneered in the direct study of animal behavior and was the founder of modern ethology (the study of animals in their natural surroundings). He received show more the Nobel Prize for physiology in 1973 for his research on instinctive behavior patterns and on imprinting---the process through which an animal very early in life acquires a social bond, usually with its parents, that enables it to become attached to other members of its own species. His major book, "On Aggression" (1963), was attacked by many anthropologists, psychologists, and sociologists, who maintained that Lorenz's claim that aggression is inborn means that it cannot be controlled. His supporters countered that Lorenz never stated that inborn traits could not be changed. Lorenz's work continues to play a key role in this contemporary version of the nature-nurture debate. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Konrad Lorenz

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King Solomon's Ring: New Light on Animals' Ways (1949) — Author — 1,738 copies

On Aggression (1963) — Author — 935 copies

Man Meets Dog (1950) — Cover artist, some editions — 591 copies

Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins (1973) 266 copies

Behind the Mirror: A Search for a Natural History of Human Knowledge (1973) 195 copies

The Waning of Humaneness (1987) 110 copies

Here Am I--Where Are You?: The Behavior of the Greylag Goose (1988) — Author — 85 copies

The Foundations of Ethology (1978) 78 copies

The Year of the Greylag Goose (1978) — Author — 75 copies

Evolution and Modification of Behavior (1965) 58 copies

Studies in Animal and Human Behaviour (1965) 54 copies

Studies in Animal and Human Behaviour, Vol. 1 (1968) 52 copies

The Future Is Open (1985) 51 copies

The Natural Science of the Human Species: An Introduction to Comparative Behavioral Research (1992) 40 copies

On Life and Living: Konrad Lorenz in Conversation with Kurt Mündl (1988) 29 copies

Motivation of human and animal behavior; an ethological view (1968) 20 copies

Natura e destino (1978) 16 copies

Studies in Animal and Human Behaviour, Vol. 2 (1965) 16 copies

Leben ist Lernen. Von Immanuel Kant zu Konrad Lorenz. Ein Gespräch über das Lebenswerk des… (1981) 7 copies

Eigentlich wollte ich Wildgans werden: Aus meinem Leben (2003) 7 copies

Noah würde Segel setzen. Vor uns die Sintflut. (1984) 5 copies

L'homme dans le fleuve du vivant (French Edition) (1992) — Author — 3 copies

La etología entrevista con Alain de Benoist (1983) 3 copies

Darwin hat recht gesehen 3 copies

Hundstage (1996) 3 copies

Konrad Lorenz: The Man and His Ideas (1989) — Author — 2 copies

Entretiens avec Éric Laurent (1975) 2 copies

La Forêt: royaume en danger (1988) — Author — 2 copies

De petits points lumineux d'espoir (2007) 2 copies

Behind the Mirror / The Waning of Humaneness (1988) 2 copies

La evolución del pensamiento (1984) 2 copies

Über das Verhalten geselliger Tiere: Originaltonaufnahmen 1951-1983 (2004) 2 copies

Der Kumpan in der Umwelt des Vogels. Der Artgenosse als auslösendes Moment sozialer Verhaltensweisen (1973) 1 copy

Les animaux ces inconnus. 1 copy

Lorenz Volume Secondo 1 copy

Lorenz 1 copy

Mensch und Tier. Streifzüge durch die Verhaltensforschung. (1975) 1 copy

Das Nachtschattenspiel. Ein phantastisches Märchen in sieben Vorgeschichten (1991) 1 copy

Mensch und Tier : zwei Originalvorträge ; 60 Jahre SWR 2 Aula (2007) 1 copy

Der Vogelflug 1 copy

Everyman's Ark - A Collection of True First-person Accounts of Relationships Between Animals and Men 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) — Introduction, some editions — 755 copies

Curious Naturalists (1958) — Geleitwort, some editions — 224 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1960 v01 (1960) 21 copies

Man and Animal: Studies in Behaviour (1968) — Author — 21 copies

Research Is a Passion With Me: The Autobiography of a Bird Lover (1609) — Foreword, some editions — 14 copies

Past minds : studies in cognitive historiography (2011) — Contributor — 4 copies

Unternehmen Sonnenblume / Warten auf Antwort / Lovey / Das Jahr der Graugans (1980) 4 copies

Die schönsten Hunde-Geschichten (1978) — Contributor — 3 copies

Kapitein Newman, psychiater in oorlogstijd; In de schoenen van een visser; Ik sprak met viervoeters, vogels en vissen;… 1 copy

Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Mission to Borneo, King Solomon's ring, The Winthrop woman, Murder on my street, 1 copy

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Canonical name: Lorenz, Konrad
Legal name: Lorenz, Konrad Zacharias
Birthdate: 1903-11-07
Date of death: 1989-02-27
Burial location: Saint Andrae Woerdern Cemetery Wordern, Tulln Bezirk, Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Austria
Gender: male
Nationality: Austria
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Place of death: Vienna, Austria
Cause of death: kidney failure
Places of residence: Vienna, Austria
Education: University of Vienna (MD|1928|Ph.D|1933)
Occupations: zoologist
ethnologist
ornithologist
Relationships: Lorenz, Albert (brother)
Organizations: Max Planck Institute
Austrian Academy of Sciences
German Army (WWII)
Awards and honors: Nobel Prize for physiology (1973)
International Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1957)
Fellow, Royal Society (1964)
Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst (1964)
International member, United States National Academy of Sciences (1966)
Kalinga Prize (1969) (show all 10)
Gold Medal of the Humboldt Society (1972)
International Member, American Philosophical Society (1974)
Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst (1984)
Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband, Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1984)
Short biography: Konrad Lorenz was an anti-Semitic 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.

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Cuando el hombre conoció al perro / Conrad Lorenz ;… by Conrad Lorenz, 1880-1964

"Konrad Lorenz nos conduce hasta los orígenes del «encuentro» entre el hombre y el perro, cuando se estableció la relación entre nuestros antepasados con el chacal y el lobo. Estos inicios han influido en todas las formas complejas de comunicación, obediencia, ocio, fidelidad y neurosis que han ido configurando la historia entre amo y perro". (Descripción editorial).

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King Solomon's Ring: New Light on Animal Ways… by Konrad Lorenz

If the scenes from a book stay with you for decades then it is a sign that the book must be really good. Konrad Lorenz won a noble prize for his work on animal behavior. He explained that one of his principles for studying animal behavior was to study them in the wild and not in captivity since that so strongly impacted their behavior. King Solomon's Ring talks, in popular language, about his studies of fish and birds in particular explaining the sometimes embarrassing lengths he went to in order to perform his studies. The result is an endearing and frequently amusing look at the animal world suitable for readers of any age.

I had read this book when I was a kid and found Konrad Lorenz's stories about how he studied animal behavior to be charming. The illustrations are also perfect for the book although not effectively reproduced in the ebook edition.… (more)

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M_Clark | 12 other reviews | May 15, 2023 |