James L. Gould

James Leroy Gould (born July 31, 1945 ) is an American ethologist , evolutionary biologist and author of popular science works.

Gould studied at the California Institute of Technology , where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1970 . During his studies he was drafted into the US Army Signal Corps in 1967 and stationed in Germany until 1968. There he read King Solomon's Ring (Eng: He talked to the cattle, the birds and the fish , 1949) by Konrad Lorenz , which influenced his further scientific career. After his return to the university, Seymour Benzer was able to inspire him for behavioral research. He continued his studies at Rockefeller University , where he received his Ph.D.PhD. His dissertation was entitled Honey bee communication: the dance-language controversy . Since then he has held a professorship in ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University . However, he became known for an experiment that he carried out while studying at the California Institute of Technology and for which he received the university's Green Memorial Award research prize in 1970 . This enabled him to prove that bees use dance to tell their fellow species where to find food. In addition to several textbooks published Gould and his wife the book The Honey Bee (dt .: The honeybee ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Buzz on James Gould. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; accessed on January 17, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Curriculum Vitae. (PDF; 149 kB) Retrieved January 17, 2012 (English).