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Donald R. Griffin

Born

in Southampton, New York, The United States

July 03, 1915

Died

November 07, 2003

Genre

Science, Nonfiction, Zoology

Influences

Charles Darwin, E.O. Wilson, Robert Galambos ...more

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Donald Redfield Griffin was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and considered the founder of the modern study of animal thinking and consciousness known as "cognitive ethology." He made his mark early in his career by helping to discover how bats navigate, and coined the term "echolocation" to describe the phenomenon.

"An emeritus professor of animal behavior at Rockefeller University, Dr. Griffin gave birth to the field known as cognitive ethology in 1978 when he broke a scientific taboo by suggesting that animals might have the capacity to think and reason, and that scientists should study these mental processes."

"In his publications, Dr. Griffin argued that the great complexity and adaptability of animal behavior, from the sophi ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 156 ratings · 22 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness 3.99 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1992 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Question of Animal Awareness: Evolutionary Continuity of Mental Experience 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1976 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal Thinking 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1984 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Listening in the Dark: The Acoustic Orientation of Bats and Men really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1958 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Echoes of Bats and Men 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1958 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bird Migration by Donald R. Griffin, Helen C. Lyman (Illustrator) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1965 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal Engineering: readings from Scientific American 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal Structure and Function by Donald R. Griffin, Alvin Novick 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal mind - human mind: report of the Dahlem Workshop on Animal Mind - Human Mind, Berlin 1981, March 22-27 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Acoustic Orientation in the Oil Bird, Steatornis 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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