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Ideas for my first experiments in human aggression came from discussions we had in a research seminar about William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies.'
Philip Zimbardo
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Philip Zimbardo
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 23
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New York City
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Philip George Zimbardo
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