New Horizons in Psychology
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now for psychologists to be mere thinkers; they must be engineers, mathematicians as well. The fact that most of the contributors have been able to put over their work in simple and readable prose is extra credit to them. The detailed knowledge which is being built up in the various branches of psychology makes it almost impossible for any one person to be an expert in more than a single subject. Hence the editor's very wise decision to have each chapter written by a separate person. TTie resulting work is less of
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