Adolf Portmann (27 May 1897 – 28 June 1982) was a Swiss zoologist. Born in Basel, Switzerland, he studied zoology at the University of Basel and worked...
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mammals (e.g. elephants, horses). According to the Swiss biologist Adolf Portmann, it is a characteristic feature of humans that due to their early birth...
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" Few scientific memoirs had been published, but Konrad Lorenz and Adolf Portmann had penned popular books that conveyed scholarship to a wide audience...
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snowboarder 5 June – Roger Bonvin, politician (born 1907) 28 June – Adolf Portmann, zoologist (born 1897) "All federal councillors since 1848". www.admin...
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Corbin (Islamic religion), Gilbert Durand (symbolic anthropology), Adolf Portmann (biology), Herbert Read (art history), Max Knoll (physics), and Joseph...
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involves a long period of dependency, termed "secondary altriciailty" by Adolf Portmann, which should result in longer interbirth intervals. However, compared...
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of panpsychism which was a major influence on philosophers such as Adolf Portmann, Gilbert Simondon, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. Raymond Ruyer...
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nature and culture, human ethology, biological aesthetics, the work of Adolf Portmann and Carl Jung. Stanislav Komárek was born on 6 August 1958 in Jindřichův...
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Portman (died 1557), English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench Adolf Portmann, Swiss Zoologist Christopher Portman, 10th Viscount Portman, British...
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Hans Kohn Voices of Man by Mario Andrew Pei New Paths in Biology by Adolf Portmann Myth and Reality by Mircea Eliade History as Art and as Science: Twin...
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