At the beginning of 20th century, German biologist Jakob von Uexkull created the concept of 'Umwelt' to denote the environment as experienced by a subject. This concept of environment differs from the idea of passive surroundings and is defined not just by physical surroundings, but is rather a 'subjective universe', a space weighted with meaning. Additional Details \N BOOK TYPE : NF BRAND : Berthoz, Alain (EDT)/ Christen, Yves (EDT) DEWEY CLASSIFICATION : 612.8 LANGUAGE : ENGLISH NUMBER OF PAGES : 158 PUBLISH DATE : 2008/12/01 PUBLISHER IMPRINT CODE : SPVMD PUBLISHER NAME : SPRINGER VERLAG RETURNS ACCEPTED? : YES
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