Essays Tagged: "Tinkerer"

B.F. Skinner

an experimental biologist, however, and developed behavioral studies of rats. He had always been a tinkerer, and loved building Rube Goldberg contraptions as a child; he put that skill to use by desi ...

(7 pages) 124 0 4.2 Nov/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Review of Musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

less, the other songs are sung with the piano, it even includes a classic featurette, "The Ditching Tinkerer," on Rowland Emett, who created the complicated creation for the film.The instruments used ...

(2 pages) 2725 0 0.0 May/2009

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

The Chrysanthemums

y about a woman named Elisa and the events that follow after her encounter with a man known as the "Tinkerer". Steinbeck uses a third person point of view, narrated in the view of Elisa, to help the r ... ould like to go out of town, putting Elisa back in her place as a woman. Also, when Elisa tells the Tinkerer he she admires his way of life, she is given the reply of "It's not a life for a woman," fu ...

(2 pages) 5 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors