Steven Pinker Forfatter
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Bog, Paperback, Engelsk)
TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it... Læs mere
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest this is an almost obscene claim to be making. In this title, the author shows violence within and between societies - both murder and warfare.
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
What is the secret of good prose? Does writing well even matter in an age of instant communication? Should we care? This book tells about the modern art of writing, and shows us why we all need a sense of style.
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How the Mind Works (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Why do we laugh? What makes memories fade? Why do people believe in ghosts? 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.
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Recently many people have assumed that we are shaped by our environment: a blank slate waiting to be inscribed by upbringing and culture, with innate abilities playing little part. This title shows that this view denies the heart of our being: human nature.
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Science of Harmony, Hypocrisy and Outrage (Bog, Paperback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Why do so many swear words involve topics like sex, bodily functions or the divine? Why do some children's names thrive while others fall out... Læs mere
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Bog, Paperback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Science of Harmony, Hypocrisy and Outrage (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
