Forecasts: With war on everyone's mind, a book that dwells carefully and passionately on the need for affection may make for a sleeper hit. The Monkey Wars was critically acclaimed; look for this ...

Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection By Deborah Blum John Wiley, 351pp, $49.95 In the first half of the last century, psychologists thought a child's bond with its mother was ...

1. The invention of Harry Harlow -- 2. Untouched by human hands -- 3. The alpha male -- 4. The curiosity box -- 5. The nature of love -- 6. The perfect mother -- 7. Chains of love -- 8. The baby in ...

Based on: Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection, By Deborah Blum. 336 pp., illustrated. Cambridge, Mass., Perseus, 2002. $26., 0-7382-0278-9 ...

The psychologist Harry Harlow tried to get the rather cruel science of his time to catch up, as he put it, with common sense. Readers may have seen the newsmaking pictures of Harlow's experiments in ...