The Stuff of Thought

Pinker, Steven

3.91

10,957 ratings by Goodreads

ISBN 10: 0143142585 ISBN 13: 9780143142584

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2007

The Pulitzer Prize finalist author of The Blank Slate presents an accessible study of the relationship between language and human nature, explaining how everything from swearing and innuendo to prepositions and baby names reveal facts about key human concepts, emotions, and relationships. Simultaneous.

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Review:

Pinker is a star, and the world of science is lucky to have him.
Richard Dawkins

a Engaging and provocative . . . filled with humor and fun.a
aDouglas Hofstadter, "Los Angeles Times"
a Pinker is not only wonderfully clear; he is also blessedly witty.a
a"The Boston Globe"

Engaging and provocative . . . filled with humor and fun.
Douglas Hofstadter, "Los Angeles Times"
Pinker is not only wonderfully clear; he is also blessedly witty.
"The Boston Globe"

? Engaging and provocative . . . filled with humor and fun.?
?Douglas Hofstadter, "Los Angeles Times"

? Pinker is not only wonderfully clear; he is also blessedly witty.?
?"The Boston Globe"
"Engaging and provocative...filled with humor and fun."
-Douglas Hofstadter, Los Angeles Times

"Pinker is a star, and the world of science is lucky to have him."
--Richard Dawkins

"Curious, inventive, fearless, naughty."
-New York Times Book Review

"An important and inviting book."
--Science

"There's plenty of stuff to think about, but a lot of fun stuff too."
-Boston Globe

"Fascinating."
Wired

"Unfailingly engaging to read."
--New York Review of Books

About the Author:

Steven Pinker is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and the winner of many awards for his research, teaching, and books, he has been named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Today and Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers.

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