How the Mind Works

Author(s): Steven Pinker

Psychology

"A model of scientific writing: erudite, witty, and clear." --New York Review of Books


In this Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestseller, one of the world's leading cognitive scientists tackles the workings of the human mind. What makes us rational--and why are we so often irrational? How do we see in three dimensions? What makes us happy, afraid, angry, disgusted, or sexually aroused? Why do we fall in love? And how do we grapple with the imponderables of morality, religion, and consciousness? How the Mind Works synthesizes the most satisfying explanations of our mental life from cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and other fields to explain what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and contemplate the mysteries of life.


This edition of Pinker's bold and buoyant classic is updated with a new foreword by the author.

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Steven Pinker is one of the world's leading authorities on language and the mind. His popular and highly praised books include Words and Rules, How the Mind Works, and The Language Instinct. The recipient of several major awards for his teaching and scientific research, Pinker is Peter de Florez professor of psychology in the department of brain and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://stevenpinker.com

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  • : 9780141980782
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.467
  • : April 2015
  • : 19.80 cmmm X 13.00 cmmm X 3.20 cmmm
  • : April 2015
  • : books

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  • : Steven Pinker
  • : Paperback
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  • : en
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