Love at Goon Park by Deborah Blum
A biography of this complex and highly controversial psychologist. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century science and scientists made little if any recognition of the role of human relationships in the general well being of the individual.
"!Deborah Blum's enormously interesting biography of Harlow!as a piece of science history, Love at Goon park is a marvellous read!" (New Scientist, 23 November 2002) "!Who should read this book? Anyone working with small children!They should do so!because it is beautifully and intelligently written!" (Nature, 19 December 2002) "!intriguing!a testament to Blum's skill that she manages to elicit so much sympathy for a man so difficult to love!" (Discover, 22 January 2003) "!Blum, a Pulitzer prize--winning science writer, describes Harlow's discovery!she chronicles his struggles to persuade his fellow psychologists!to take him seriously!" (Economist (UK), 25 January 2003) "!This is an excellent and readable biography of Harry Harlow!" (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol44, No.6, 2003)
DEBORAH BLUM is Professor of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin and Vice President of the National Association of Science Writers. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for her newspaper reporting abut primate experiments and ethics, the subject of her acclaimed first book, The Monkey Wars.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780470850725 |
| ISBN 10 | 0470850728 |
| Title | Love at Goon Park |
| Author | Deborah Blum |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-11-29 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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