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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 Hardcover - 2002

by Deborah Blum


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In this meticulously researched and masterfully written book, Pulitzer Prize-winner Deborah Blum examines the history of love through the lens of its strangest unsung hero: a brilliant, fearless, alcoholic psychologist named Harry Frederick Harlow. Pursuing the idea that human affection could be understood, studied, even measured, Harlow (1905-1981) arrived at his conclusions by conducting research-sometimes beautiful, sometimes horrible-on the primates in his University of Wisconsin laboratory. Paradoxically, his darkest experiments may have the brightest legacy, for by studying "neglect" and its life-altering consequences, Harlow confirmed love's central role in shaping not only how we feel but also how we think. His work sparked a psychological revolution. The more children experience affection, he discovered, the more curious they become about the world: Love makes people smarter. The biography of both a man and an idea, The Measure of Love is a powerful and at times disturbing narrative that will forever alter our understanding of human relationships.

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  • Title Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection
  • Author Deborah Blum
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Printing
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Perseus Publishing, Cambridge
  • Date 2002-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780738202785 / 0738202789
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.38 x 6.28 x 1.12 in (23.83 x 15.95 x 2.84 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Harlow, Harry Frederick
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002112387
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Deborah Blum is a professor of journalism at the University of Wisconsin and Vice President of the National Association of Science Writers. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for her newspaper reporting about primate experiments and ethics, the subject of her acclaimed first book, The Monkey Wars.
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