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and criticized the book for lumping together the animal rights movement with conservationist concerns about species extinction. Eldredge concluded that "conservationists are not teary-eyed sentimentalists or folks who want to return to some fantasy of a pristine natural state, as Budiansky strives so
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praised Budiansky for his personal interest in horses and recommended the book as suitable for an undergraduate seminar. Janis suggested that "the book presents excellent coverage of recent scientific discoveries and ideas that concern horses, written for both the layperson and the scientist".
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negatively reviewed the book, noting that "the main problems with Budiansky's own conclusions are clear to those familiar with the scientific literature. The author makes seemingly devastating and unrebutted attacks on experiments, but in reality many of these studies seem quite credible."
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on the poor quality of school-music repertoire generated considerable attention and controversy among music educators and composers. He subsequently collaborated with Tim Foley, the 26th director of the
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and has stated that "whether or not languages causes consciousness, language is so intimately tied to consciousness that the two seem inseparable". Budiansky explains animal behaviour through a
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and has defended animal agriculture. He has said that he disagrees with animal rights on "moral, biological, social, legal, philosophical, evolutionary, and aesthetic grounds". He supports
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of animals is not an act of exploitation but an evolutionary strategy that has benefited animals and humans. The book has been described as an attempt to discredit animal rights and the
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magazine, where he oversaw a complete redesign and brought in well-known writers and historians to contribute to the publication. He is also a member of the editorial board of
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Hounded by Change, Fox Hunters Adapt : Recreation: Suburban sprawl has radically altered hunt clubs. Many once-exclusive groups are becoming democratized to stay alive
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mightily to convince us." Budiansky's idea that domestication originated through an "animal contract" with humans has been described as "successfully discredited".
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gave the book a mixed review, claiming it is easy to read and well researched but taking issue with Budiansky for trying to explain cases of animal intelligence by
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Janis, Christine (1998). "Reviewed Work: The Nature of Horses: Exploring Equine Evolution, Intelligence, and Behavior by Stephen Budiansky".
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Budiansky, Stephen; Foley, Tim (2005). "The Quality of Repertoire in School Music Programs: Literature Review, Analysis, and Discussion".
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as Washington correspondent and later served as its Washington editor. In 1985–86 he was a Congressional Fellow at the U.S. Congress
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that turns Budiansky's book into an obsessive hunt for flaws in arguments or experiments that suggest that animals might be smart."
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Eldredge, Niles (1992). "Reviewed Work: The Covenant of the Wild. Why Animals Chose Domestication by Stephen Budiansky".
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Since 1998, Budiansky has been a full-time author and freelance contributor to publications including
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Code Warriors: NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union
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Air Power: The Men, Machines, and Ideas That Revolutionized War, from Kitty Hawk to Iraq
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Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812–1815
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in Washington, D.C. He was editor for the American Chemical Society’s journal
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in 1979. From 1979 to 1982 he was a magazine editor and radio producer at the
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If a Lion Could Talk: Animal Intelligence and the Evolution of Consciousness
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A Day in September: The Battle of Antietam and the World It Left Behind
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Palmer, Clare (1997). "The Idea of the Domesticated Animal Contract".
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Journal of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles
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Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II
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New Technology for NATO: Implementing Follow-On Forces Attack
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His 2005 article "The Kids Play Great. But That Music..." in
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U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (June 1987).
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The World According to Horses: How They Run, See, and Think
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in 2011 to complete his biography of the American composer
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American writer, historian, and biographer (born 1957)
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perspective as associative learning and evolutionary
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
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for survival. He argues that animals do not deserve
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