PRAISE FOR NOT BY CHANCE ALONE
“An illuminating account of how a great thinker with insatiable curiosity overcame a difficult childhood through his love of social science.”—KIRKUS REVIEWS
—PHIL ZIMBARDO, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION; AUTHOR OF THE LUCIFER EFFECT
“Elliot Aronson is our modern day Horatio Alger as revealed in this charmingly inviting memoir by one of psychology’s premier contributors. This master storyteller weaves his personal narrative in and around the events and people that marked his life path that was destined for greatness, without help from the vicissitudes of chance.”
—LEE ROSS, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, STANFORD UNIVERSITY; AUTHOR OF THE PERSON AND THE SITUATION
“This is more than a delightfully written, warm, and wise autobiography by one of our greatest social scientists; it is also an unusually candid and thoughtful look at the way important new insights are born, mature, and come to be employed. Aronson’s account of his life-long relationship with Leon Festinger, first as student and collaborator and then as life-long friend, is a must read for anyone who wants to get to the heart of social psychology.”
—ELIZABETH LOFTUS, DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE; PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
“Absolutely wonderful. Elliot Aronson has long shown that he can write engagingly for a wide audience, and in Not by Chance Alone he has outdone himself. Not only was I captivated by Aronson’s truly inspirational life story, but I also learned so much about the people, theories, and experiments that helped define the field of social psychology.”
—LUDY T. BENJAMIN, JR., PRESIDENTIAL PROFESSOR OF TEACHING EXCELLENCE, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, TEXAS AM UNIVERSITY
“Arguably, Elliot Aronson is first and foremost a very gifted teacher. The clarity he brings to that enterprise is evident in his success as a distinguished researcher and as a writer (witness the enormous popularity of his engaging treatise on social psychology, The Social Animal ). And it is well manifested in this fascinating life story of a professor’s quest to improve the human condition by understanding the social forces that so powerfully influence our lives. For those interested in an inside look at the joys and frustrations of an intellectual life, this book is a wonderful read.”
—THOMAS F. PETTIGREW, RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA CRUZ
“Aronson’s candid autobiography is an instructive and enjoyable read. In addition, the volume offers an informed perspective on the sweeping development of social psychology as a discipline over the past six decades.”
—ROBERT B. CIALDINI, AUTHOR OF INFLUENCE: SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 在线 阅读网：hTTp://wwW.yuedu88.com/
“Elliot Aronson’s done it again—revealed deep human insights from a deeply human story.”