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Niko's Nature: The Life of Niko - Hardcover, by Kruuk Hans - Acceptable
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- Condition
- Type
- Textbook
- ISBN
- 9780198515586
- Book Title
- Niko's Nature : the Life of Niko Tinbergen and His Science of Animal Behaviour
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Science
- Topic
- Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Science & Technology
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 32.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 406 Pages
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Here is the first biography of Niko Tinbergen, the brilliant but reticent naturalist (once described as "pathologically modest") who turned a passion for observing nature into a revolutionary new branch of science that illuminated the study of animal behavior. Tracing the closely intertwined threads of Niko's personal and professional life, Hans Kruuk reveals the man behind the scientist. He shows how Niko's Calvinist upbringing in a highly intellectual Dutch family--his father was a much-published scholar, his elder brother a Nobel Laureate in Economics--the two-years he spent in a hostage camp during the Nazi occupation of Holland, and most importantly the magical year in Greenland, where he lived amongst the Inuit and observed animals in their natural habitat--an experience that would shape his scientific disposition. The period in Greenland set the stage for the groundbreaking experiments with free-living birds in the 1930s and 1940s that brought the study of animal behavior out of the laboratory and into the wild. Kruuk also offers an illuminating exploration of Niko's work with Konrad Lorenz, for which he won the Nobel Prize in 1973; his great success as a teacher at Oxford, where he was known by enthusiastic students--Desmond Morris, Richard Dawkins, and John Krebs, among them--as "The Maestro"; his frequent bouts of depression; the triumph of his book The Study of Instinct, which established ethology as a science; his controversial work on autism in children, and much more. Written by Hans Kruuk, a former student of Niko Tinbergen and himself a distinguished scientist, Niko's Nature offers a fascinating and affectionate account of the man who forever changed the way we think about animal behavior.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198515588
ISBN-13
9780198515586
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6040067
Product Key Features
Book Title
Niko's Nature : the Life of Niko Tinbergen and His Science of Animal Behaviour
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Science
Number of Pages
406 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ql31
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'A must read for anyone interested in ethology, this is also a fascinatingstudy of a great scientist, and deserves to be read by a wider audience aswell.'Robin McCleery, British Ornithologists' Union, 'This is a book that every behavioural biologist will want to read, and will do so with pleasure. I read Niko's Nature form cover to cover and was informed, entertained and instructed the whole way.'New Scientist, 'Great men deserve great biographies not sycophantic hagiographies, andHans Kruuk has done the Maestro proud, as he is uniquely qualified to do. Istarted reading and couldn1t stop.'Ricahrd Dawkins, 'Great men deserve great biographies not sycophantic hagiographies, and Hans Kruuk has done the Maestro proud, as he is uniquely qualified to do. I started reading and couldn't stop.'Richard Dawkins'This is a book that every behavioural biologist will want to read, and will do so with pleasure. I read Niko's Nature form cover to cover and was informed, entertained and instructed the whole way.'New Scientist'A must read for anyone interested in ethology, this is also a fascinating study of a great scientist, and deserves to be read by a wider audience as well.'Robin McCleery, British Ornithologists' Union, "An impressive tribute to a brilliant scientist. Kruuk gives us a comprehensive, warts-and-all account of the life of one of the 20th century's most distinguished biologists and his contributions to the development of the field of animal behavior. In doing so, Kruuk also shows what science is really like.... His book demonstrates quite beautifully that scientific endeavor in all its imperfection can lead to great results."--Science, 'This is a book that every behavioural biologist will want to read, andwill do so with pleasure. I read Niko's Nature form cover to cover and wasinformed, entertained and instructed the whole way.'New Scientist, 'A must read for anyone interested in ethology, this is also a fascinating study of a great scientist, and deserves to be read by a wider audience as well.'Robin McCleery, British Ornithologists' Union, 'Great men deserve great biographies not sycophantic hagiographies, and Hans Kruuk has done the Maestro proud, as he is uniquely qualified to do. I started reading and couldn't stop.'Richard Dawkins
Illustrated by
Tinbergen, Niko
Table of Content
PrefaceList of photos in the text1. Wild birds and science2. A Dutch upbringing3. Student years and Greenland4. Ethologist in the 1930s5. The Second World War and after6. Starting again: Oxford in the 1950s7. Niko's two worlds: Oxford in the 1960s8. The Nobel Prize, and human behaviour9. Winding down10. Niko's legacyNotesNiko Tinbergen's publicationsIndex, PrefaceList of photos in the text1: Wild birds and science2: A Dutch upbringing3: Student years and Greenland4: Ethologist in the 1930s5: The Second World War and after6: Starting again: Oxford in the 1950s7: Niko's two worlds: Oxford in the 1960s8: The Nobel Prize, and human behaviour9: Winding down10: Niko's legacyNotesNiko Tinbergen's publicationsIndex
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2004-295010
Dewey Decimal
591.5/092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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