The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

Author:   Steven Pinker
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
ISBN:  

9780143114246


Pages:   512
Publication Date:   26 August 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Steven Pinker
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:   Penguin USA
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 21.30cm
Weight:   0.459kg
ISBN:  

9780143114246


ISBN 10:   0143114247
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   26 August 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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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


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


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


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Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Family professor of Psychology and 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. His other books include The Better Angels of our Nature and The Blank Slate.

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