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Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection
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Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection Paperback - 2004

by Deborah Blum

We take it for granted today that babies need love. But less than a century ago, psychologists warned women against showing their children "too much affection"-predicting dire consequences ranging from deadly disease to sexual dysfunction in adulthood. The story of how this conventional wisdom was finally shattered takes us into the life and the laboratory of Harry Harlow-workaholic, alcoholic, brilliant and brave, capable of caustic wit and cruelty-and into an era in which the scientific establishment was just beginning to understand the power of human emotion.


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  • Title Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection
  • Author Deborah Blum
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First PB Edition
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley Publishing Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2004-02-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780425194058 / 0425194051
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 6.1 x 0.94 in (22.81 x 15.49 x 2.39 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Harlow, Harry Frederick
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003060509
  • Dewey Decimal Code 150.92

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Engrossing. (Washington Post)Beautifully written. (Time)Science history at its best. (John Horgan, author of The End of Science)A gripping biography written with intelligence, warmth, and panache. (Steven Pinker)

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