A charismatic naturalist, bird-watcher, teacher, artist,
photographer, film-maker, and winner of the Nobel Prize, Niko
Tinbergen was a prominent and influential scientist. Jointly with
Konrad Lorenz, he laid the foundation for a new science, the
biological study of animal behaviour. 'Ethology', and his talent
for devising behaviour-testing experiments, provided an outlet for
Niko's enthusiasm for gulls and sticklebacks, snow-buntings and
foxes, wasps and falcons, and even children. This first full-length
biography of Niko Tinbergen, lavishly illustrated with many of
Niko's own drawings, describes his background in Holland, a
naturalists' paradise, and the beginnings of his investigations
into the behaviour of birds, fish, and insects. Hans Kruuk also
explores is Niko's relationship with his colleague and co-Nobelist
Konrad Lorenz. These were two men full of contrasts: Niko a
charming, self-effacing field man and experimenter; Konrad a
flamboyant and egocentric German, always full of new ideas. Niko's
Nature goes on to follow Niko's progress in Oxford after the Second
World War, where he became the world authority on the behaviour of
animals in the wild: his inspiring book The Study of Instinct
remains an all-time classic. As a scientist Niko will always be
known for the four fundamentally different ways in which he asked
the question 'why does an animal do this?' These questions, about
physiology, development, evolution, and function, became known as
'Tinbergen's four whys'. But Niko's successes came at a price -
severe and devastating depressions that were to plague him
throughout his career. In this fascinating and engaging story,
Niko's long-time friend and student Hans Kruuk argues that his
impact as a scientist and naturalist was in large part due to his
skills as a communicator, photographer, and film-maker. Niko's
Nature is an intimate and insightful portrait of an extraordinary
figure.
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