The World of Instinct

Behavioural studies in biology, known as ethology, is an international discipline with an important part of its roots in The Netherlands.   A Dutch researcher, named Niko Tinbergen together with a group of kindred spirits developed the ethological approach to animal behaviour.   This book describes the circumstances surrounding the completion of the first studies in animal behaviour in The Netherlands and is based on published work, correspondence and a variety of archives (some from the Tinbergen family).   Contents: Theories on animal behaviour; Niko Tinbergen and the rise of ethology: a pastime (1907-1930); Niko Tinbergen and the rise of ethology: science (1930-1936); Makkink, Kortlandt and the background of Dutch ethology; The structure of Dutch ethology (1937-1942); Ethology and Dutch animal psychology; Ethology as a discipline (1945-1950) - Conclusion.

256 pages. Paperback. The author of this book specialized in history and philosophy of biology. Since 1989 he has been engaged in research on the history of animal behavioural studies in The Netherlands. This is the Third book in a Series called "Animals in Philosophy and Science".  A review of this book is available in Laboratory Animals, January 2001, Volume 35 (1), page 114.  Another review of this book is available in Alternatives To Laboratory Animals (ATLA), Volume 29, Number 1, January/February 2001, page 73. May be purchased here. 

ISBN: 90-232-3559-2