Alex & me : how a scientist and a parrot discovered a hidden world of animal intelligence-- and formed a deep bond in the process / Irene M. Pepperberg.

  • Pepperberg, Irene M. (Irene Maxine)
Date:
[2008], ©2008
  • Books

About this work

Description

This story of Alex, a famous African Grey parrot, documents his thirty-year relationship with his trainer and the ways in which his life has changed scientific understanding about language and thought.

Publication/Creation

New York : Collins, [2008], ©2008.

Physical description

vii, 232 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm

Contributors

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

My "wonderful life" moment -- Beginnings -- Alex's first labels -- Alex and me, the vagabonds -- What's a banerry? -- Alex and friends -- Alex goes hi-tech -- The next horizon -- What Alex taught me.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    AOC /PEP
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780061672477
  • 0061672475