Cover of Wire Mothers: Harry Harlow and the Science of Love

Wire Mothers: Harry Harlow and the Science of Love

Psychologists know best, of course, and in the 1950s they warned parents about the dangers of too much love. Besides, what was "love" anyway? Just a convenient name for children seeking food and adults seeking sex. It took an outsider scientist to challenge it. When Harry Harlow began his experiments on mother love he was more than just an outside the mainstream, though. He was a deeply unhappy man who knew in his gut the truth about what love — and its absence — meant, and set about to prove it. His experiments and results shocked the world, and Wire Mothers & Inanimate Armswill shock you as well.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 84 pages

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