Sidney Crown

Think of this book as a sampler platter with a fellow diner giving running commentary. Short excerpts from key figures in psychology are followed by equally short commentaries on the work and its impact. While I did find it interesting to read pieces from a wide variety of eminent figures, and the commentaries were interesting of themselves, there were simply too many to get much of a taste of any of them. These ideas are too large to do much justice with so few pages, and I left this book hungry for more content. I would have preferred fewer names with just a little more depth in each, even if it meant leaving out many deserving figures.… (mehr)