Donald R. Griffin (1915–2003)
Autor de Animal Minds
Sobre El Autor
Donald R. Griffin has been a professor at Cornell, Harvard, and Rockefeller Universities and is now an associate of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.
Obras de Donald R. Griffin
L'animale consapevole 2 copias
The Question of Animal Awareness 2 copias
Animal Thinking 1 copia
Listening in the Dark 1 copia
Animal Minds 1 copia
Att se med hörseln 1 copia
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Griffin, Donald Redfield
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1915-08-03
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2003-11-07
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Southampton, New York, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
- Educación
- Harvard College (BS | 1938)
Harvard University (MS | 1940)
Harvard University (PhD | 1942) - Ocupaciones
- professor of zoology
- Organizaciones
- National Academy of Sciences
Rockefeller University
Cornell University
Harvard University
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 22
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 420
- Popularidad
- #58,060
- Valoración
- 3.5
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 24
- Idiomas
- 4
Donald paints a great picture of the history of scientists trying to figure out how bats see in the dark. Many of the questions posed in this book are answered now, but there is still a great deal to learn by reading this book.
I find that his passion for his work results in rambling at several occasions, and I wouldn't feel bad if you skip over a few paragraphs now and then. At one point, he complained that engineers were too caught up in making colour televisions to care about his science!
Overall, a beautiful book that I would recommend to anybody interested in bats and science in the 1950s.… (más)