@article{320026,
      recid = {320026},
      author = {Hess, Elizabeth.},
      title = {Nim Chimpsky : the chimp who would be human /},
      publisher = {Bantam Books,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {xii, 369 p. :},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {Could a chimpanzee raised from infancy by a human family  bridge the gap between species--and change the way we think  about the boundaries between animal and human? Here is the  strange and moving account of an experiment intended to  answer these questions, and of the chimp who was chosen to  see it through. Columbia University psychologist Herbert S.  Terrace's 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, was "adopted" by a graduate student. At first  his progress exceeded all expectations--his charm and  mischievous sense of humor endeared him to everyone. But no  one had thought through the long-term consequences of  raising a chimp in the human world. Nim's story will move  and entertain at the same time that it challenges us to ask  what it means to be human.--From publisher description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/320026},
}