- Shopping Bag ( 0 items )
- Spend $25, Get FREE SHIPPING
Buy an eBook or Try a Free Sample
From BN.com
Used & New From our Trusted Marketplace Sellers
From BN.com
NOOK Study eTextbooks from Barnes & Noble are read with the NOOK Study eReader for your PC and Mac.
Customer Rating:
See Detailed Ratings
Walden Two, written by B.F. Skinner in the 1940s, is a novel about the account of six people who go to visit a modern-day utopia where the advancements in science and technology have been used to create a society transcending that of modern culture through its harmony, unity, and happiness. The main character is Burris a college professor who along with Professor Castle an acquaintance of his, a former...
Customer Rating:
See Detailed Ratings
For those who do not know, B.F. Skinner was one of the fathers of Behavioral Psychology and operant conditioning . He was inventive and highly intelligent. This book is proof of this. His ideal utopia is explained in vivid detail. It is apparent that B.F. Skinner chose his words very carefully in order to articulate exactly what he was conveying. On that note, it can be a very difficult read for...
This fictional outline of a modern utopia has been a center of controversy ever since its publication in 1948. Set in the United States, it pictures a society in which human problems are solved by a scientific technology of human conduct.