The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker
This New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature and The Sense of Style and Enlightenment Now."Curious, inventive, fearless, naughty."
--The New York Times Book Review
Bestselling author Steven Pinker possesses that rare combination of scientific aptitude and verbal eloquence that enables him to provide lucid explanations of deep and powerful ideas. His previous books - including the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Blank Slate - have catapulted him into the limelight as one of today's most important popular science writers. In The Stuff of Thought, Pinker presents a fascinating look at how our words explain our nature. Considering scientific questions with examples from everyday life, The Stuff of Thought is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable work that will appeal to fans of everything from The Selfish Gene and Blink to Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
Peter de Florez Professor of Psychology at MIT is Steven Pinker. The National Academy of Sciences and the American Psychological Society have recognized his work on visual cognition and linguistic psychology. Pinker has also won numerous accolades for his work at MIT and for his books How the Mind Works (which was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist) and The Language Instinct. He is a member of the use panel of the American Heritage Dictionary and an elected fellow of numerous scientific societies. He is also an associate editor of Cognition. He has contributed to the New York Times, Time, The New Yorker, The New Republic, Slate, and Technology Review, among other publications.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143114246 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143114247 |
| Title | The Stuff of Thought |
| Author | Steven Pinker |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2008-08-26 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
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