Facets Of An Academic’s Life: A Memoir
E-Book Overview
This is the life story of the oldest living member of the famous Wertheimer family, beautifully narrated and richly illustrated from the author’s vast stock of memorabilia and his unfailing memory. It is a memoir, but at the same time a document of the exodus of German-speaking psychologists to the New World, which left the homeland scientifically shattered. This lovingly-written pictorial archive of 80 years of the history of modern psychology, shaped by the momentous events of WWII, belongs on the shelf of every psychologist, theoretical, experimental, and clinical, as it gives us the story of how the scientific heritage in Europe and America merged to form the broad and strong disciplines now in our hands, told by one of its premier historical representatives.
Prof. em. Lothar Spillmann, University of Freiburg, Germany
E-Book Information
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Year: 2,020
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Edition: 1st
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City: Wiesbaden
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Pages: xxvi, 545
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Pages In File: 559
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Language: English
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Topic: 198
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Identifier: 3658287691, 9783658287696, 9783658287702
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Doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-28770-2
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Paginated: 1
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Org File Size: 46,366,286
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Extension: pdf
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Tags:
Autobiography
Michael Wertheimer
History of Psychology
Higher education in the United States
American Psychological Association (APA)
Immigration.
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Toc: Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi Childhood in Germany (Michael Wertheimer)....Pages 1-16 Childhood in the United States (Michael Wertheimer)....Pages 17-40 Early Teen Years (Michael Wertheimer)....Pages 41-58 College Years (Michael Wertheimer)....Pages 59-77 Graduate School: Hopkins (Michael Wertheimer)....Pages 79-95 Graduate School: Harvard (Michael Wertheimer)....Pages 97-117 Wesleyan (Michael Wertheimer)....Pages 119-136 Early Years in Colorado (Michael Wertheimer)....Pages 137-164 Later Years in Colorado (Michael Wertheimer)....Pages 165-197 Years in a Retirement Community (Michael Wertheimer)....Pages 199-213 Epilogue: Who Am I? (Michael Wertheimer)....Pages 215-234 Back Matter ....Pages 235-545