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...

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...

" Few scientific memoirs had been published, but Konrad Lorenz and Adolf Portmann had penned popular books that conveyed scholarship to a wide audience...

snowboarder 5 June – Roger Bonvin, politician (born 1907) 28 June – Adolf Portmann, zoologist (born 1897) "All federal councillors since 1848". www.admin...

Corbin (Islamic religion), Gilbert Durand (symbolic anthropology), Adolf Portmann (biology), Herbert Read (art history), Max Knoll (physics), and Joseph...

involves a long period of dependency, termed "secondary altriciailty" by Adolf Portmann, which should result in longer interbirth intervals. However, compared...

of panpsychism which was a major influence on philosophers such as Adolf Portmann, Gilbert Simondon, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. Raymond Ruyer...

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...

Portman (died 1557), English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench Adolf Portmann, Swiss Zoologist Christopher Portman, 10th Viscount Portman, British...

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...