Adolf Portmann

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Adolf Portmann


Born
in Basel, Switzerland
May 27, 1897

Died
June 28, 1982

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Influences


Adolf Portmann was a zoologist. He studied zoology at the University of Basel and worked later in Geneva, Munich, Paris and Berlin, but mainly in marine biology laboratories in France and Helgoland. In 1931 he became professor of zoology in Basel. His main research areas covered marine biology and comparative morphology of vertebrates. His work was often interdisciplinary comprising sociological and philosophical aspects of life of animals and humans.

Average rating: 4.2 · 50 ratings · 7 reviews · 70 distinct works
Animal Forms and Patterns: ...

4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1967 — 3 editions
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Animal Camouflage

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Neue Wege der Biologie

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1960 — 2 editions
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Le forme viventi. Nuove pro...

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Animals as Social Beings

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Essays in Philosophical Zoo...

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Um das Menschenbild

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1956
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A Zoologist Looks at Humankind

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Where to animals or humans ...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1961 — 2 editions
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Vom Ursprung des Menschen: ...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1944
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