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Record Nr.

UNINA9910367260403321

Autore

Wertheimer Michael

Titolo

Facets of an Academic’s Life : A Memoir / / by Michael Wertheimer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-658-28770-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (559 pages)

Disciplina

150.92

Soggetti

Psychology

Cognitive psychology

History of Psychology

General Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Childhood in Germany and the United States -- Early Teen Years -- College Years: Swarthmore -- Graduate Schools: Hopkins and Harvard -- Wesleyan -- Early and Later Years in Colorado -- Retirement Years -- Appendices: Childhood Creations, Scholarly Efforts, Professional Associations, Travels, etc.

Sommario/riassunto

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 Contents Childhood in Germany and the United States Early Teen Years College Years: Swarthmore Graduate Schools: Hopkins and



Harvard Wesleyan Early and Later Years in Colorado Retirement Years Appendices: Childhood Creations, Scholarly Efforts, Professional Associations, Travels, etc. Target Groups Psychologists, behavioral scientists, historians, academics, professors, general public The Author Michael Wertheimer is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research focus is on the history of psychology, Gestalt theory, and cognitive neuroscience.