Harry harlow was an envelope pusher whoincreasingly driven to find answers to the most fundamental questions about why we both need and give love transformed himself into a strident and self righteous researcher admired and hated by his colleagues. Love at goon park is a marvelous and easy to read history of the development of what deborah blum terms the science of affection a great phrase she interweaves the biography of harry harlow with the development of the science of affection combining historical scholarship with interviews of people who were involved in his life as she says in the prologue i didnt know whether i . Love at goon park harry harlow and the science of affection ebook deborah blum amazonca kindle store. Love at goon park harry harlow and the science of affection written by deborah blum 2011 edition 2nd edition publisher basic books paperback books amazonca. An excellent and interesting book about psychologist harry harlow and his monkey research thorough research shines through all over the book and love at goon park is full of interesting anecdotes and minor details that makes the subjects come to life im giving the book very strong four stars