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On Aggression by Konrad Lorenz
On Aggression
by Konrad Lorenz
read in January, 2012
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I've know about Lorenz since I was a little boy. I remember that when he died, in 1989, the portuguese TV reminded him in a TV documentary of some episodes about the life of the man that could made little goslings walk beside him and everyone feel fa...more
Samuel Viana is finished with On Aggression: Finally I've finished this one! There's no doubt that Lorenz is, besides a great scientist, a great writer too. The way he describes the geese live is astonishing. Must people will regard his insight into human behavior based on his appointments as ethologist on the geese live as ridiculous, but I tell you that after having read this one, I will never look into geese on the same way again.
On Aggression
On Aggression
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On Aggression by Konrad Lorenz
" This book was written around 50 years ago. It may be one of the earlier solid attempts in sociobiology and evolutionary psychology. The subject of the book is aggression. Aggression, which is between the members of the same species, should not be con... "
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Hitchcock and Philosophy by William A. Drumin
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John Maynard Keynes by Reinhard Blomert
John Maynard Keynes
by Reinhard Blomert
read in December, 2011
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O livro é em português, de forma que vou colocar a crítica em português. A forma e o estilo do biógrafo são directos e concisos. Pena eu não entender tanto de matéria económica, para conseguir estar mais à vontade para entrar nos detalhes das teorias...more
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The Tell-Tale Brain by V.S. Ramachandran
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Mirroring People by Marco Iacoboni
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Well, I can't rate this book yet because I just ordered it. The main reason for doing that is that the idea of "mirror neurons" started to fascinate me since I first read about the possibility that they could be the "organic basis" for the meme hypot...more
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Getting Started with Arduino by Massimo Banzi
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