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The Stuff of Thought:: Language as a Window into Human Nature
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.
Steven Pinker
The Language Instinct
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Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct propelled him to worldwide fame in 1994. His groundbreaking book's premise - that language is instinctual rather than acquired - so shook the foundations of biological science that the... Buy or find out more→
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind
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Describes various facets of human language - its biological origin, its uniqueness to humanity, it acquisition by children, its grammatical structure, the production and perception of speech, the pathology of language disorders... Buy or find out more→
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
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Argues that the biological understanding of human nature threatens humane values. This book reveals positive arguments for the compatibility of biology and humanism. Buy or find out more→
How the Mind Works
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Why do memories fade? Why do we lose our tempers? Why do fools fall in love? This work explores the nature and history of the human mind. It looks at the computations and evolutions, and then considers how the mind lets us see,... Buy or find out more→
The Stuff of Thought:: Language as a Window into Human Nature
$26.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Ltd
Analyses what words actually mean and how we use them, and reveals what this can tell us about ourselves. This book shows how we use space and motion as metaphors for more abstract ideas, and uncovers the deeper structures of... Buy or find out more→