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100 1 $aHess, Elizabeth.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85139647
245 10 $aNim Chimpsky :$bthe chimp who would be human /$cElizabeth Hess.
260 $aNew York :$bBantam Books,$c2008.
300 $axii, 369 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [353]-356) and index.
505 00 $tPrologue: The Unexpected Birth of Nim Chimpsky -- $tIntroduction: Chimps Are Us -- $gPt. 1.$tProject Nim: New York City -- $gCh. 1.$tEarly Days on the Chimp Farm -- $gCh. 2.$tLaunching Project Nim -- $gCh. 3.$t"Brady Bunch - Plus Chimp" -- $gCh. 4.$tTrouble in the Family -- $gCh. 5.$tThe Master of Delafield -- $gCh. 6.$t"Pull Tickle" -- $gPt. 2.$tThe Institute for Primate Studies: Norman, Oklahoma -- $gCh. 7.$tMeanwhile, Back on the Farm -- $gCh. 8.$tCaptivity -- $gCh. 9.$tBecoming a Norman Chimp -- $gCh. 10.$tThe Fall of IPS -- $gCh. 11.$tInside LEMSIP -- $gPt. 3.$tSanctuary: Murchison, Texas -- $gCh. 12.$tThe Black Beauty Ranch -- $gCh. 13.$tWhen Nim Met Sally -- $tWhere They Are Now.
520 1 $a"Could an adorable chimpanzee raised from infancy by a human family bridge the gap between species - and change the way we think about the boundaries between the animal and human worlds? Here is the strange and moving account of an experiment intended to answer just those questions, and the astonishing biography of the chimp who was chosen to see it through." "Dubbed Project Nim, the experiment was the brainchild of Herbert S. Terrace, a psychologist at Columbia University. His goal was to teach a chimpanzee American Sign Language in order to refute Noam Chomsky's assertion that language is an exclusively human trait. Nim Chimpsky, the baby chimp at the center of this ambitious, potentially groundbreaking study, was "adopted" by one of Dr. Terrace's graduate students and brought home to live with her and her large family in their elegant brownstone on the Upper West Side of Manhattan." "Drawing on interviews with the people who lived with Nim, diapered him, dressed him, taught him, and loved him, Elizabeth Hess weaves a tale of an extraordinary and charismatic creature. His story challenges us to ask what it means to be human, and what we owe to the animals who so enrich our lives."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aChimpsky, Nim$c(Chimpanzee),$d1973-2000.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017002368
650 0 $aChimpanzees$xPsychology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009119250
650 0 $aHuman-animal communication.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062837
650 0 $aSign language.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122390
650 0 $aChimpanzees$vBiography.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007026307-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007026307-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007026307-s.html
852 00 $bsci$hQL737.P96$iH465 2008