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Each biography is taken from the first section of one of our Who the Hell is books. Each book in the series covers the life, influences and key theories of one towering intellectual, written in an accessible, engaging and jargon-free way. So once you have listened to this and had a taster of who the hell this great thinker is, why not find out what the hell they were on about?! Our books are available www.whothehellis.co.uk/.
Who the hell is B.F. Skinner by Tom Buxton-Cope is available on Amazon at www.amazon.co.uk/dp/199994928...
This episode tells the life story of B.F. Skinner, a highly influential American psychologist, behaviourist, social philosopher and inventor. A pioneer of modern behaviourism, Skinner founded a school of experimental research psychology and his work on behavioural conditioning altered the course of psychology and psychotherapy.
Find out who Skinner really was, the circumstances of his early life that propelled him into the world of psychology, and what drove him to ask difficult questions and have the ambition to change the world.
We hope you enjoy this episode and don't forget to look out for our other biography bites on the world's greatest thinkers!