Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Edward Thorndike
Born: August 31, 1874
Died: August 9, 1949 (aged 74)
Bio: Edward Lee "Ted" Thorndike was an American psychologist who spent nearly his entire career at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Known for:
- Human Nature And The Social Order V1 (1940)
- Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies (1911)
- The Elements Of Psychology (1905)
- Notes on child study (1901)