How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker - ISBN: 9780141980782
Paperback
Unlock your mind: Evolution, computation, and the human psyche.

How the Mind Works

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  • Paperback

    688 pages

  • Release Date

    22 April 2015

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Summary

How the Mind Works explores every aspect of mental life, showing that our minds are not a mystery, but a system of organs of computation designed by natural selection.

“Presented with extraordinary lucidity, cogency and panache… Powerful and gripping… To have read the book is to have consulted a first draft of the structural plan of the human psyche…a glittering tour de force” - Spectator

“Why do memories fade? Why do we lose our tempers? Why do fools fall in love? Pinker’s ob…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141980782
ISBN-10:0141980788
Author:Steven Pinker
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:688
Release Date:22 April 2015
Weight:472g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 30mm
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Critics Review

‘Powerful and gripping … To have read it is to have consulted a first draft of the structural plan of the human psyche … a glittering tour de force.’ Spectator ‘Witty popular science that you enjoy reading for the writing as well as for the science.’ The New York Times ‘How the Mind Works will change the way your mind works.’ The Times

About The Author

Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is one of the world’s most influential thinkers and writers on the human condition. His popular and highly praised books include The Better Angels of Our Nature, The Sense of Style, The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slate, How the Mind Works, and The Language Instinct. The recipient of several major awards for his teaching, books, and scientific research, Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He also writes frequently for The New York Times, the Guardian and other publications. He has been named Humanist of the Year, Prospect magazine’s “The World’s Top 100 Public Intellectuals,” Foreign Policy’s “100 Global Thinkers,” and Time magazine’s “The 100 Most Influential People in the World Today.”

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