The Stuff of Thought - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Stuff of Thought write by Steven Pinker. This book was released on 2007-09-11. The Stuff of Thought available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature and The Sense of Style and Enlightenment Now. "Curious, inventive, fearless, naughty." --The New York Times Book Review 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.
How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How the Mind Works write by Steven Pinker. This book was released on 2009-06-02. How the Mind Works available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and ponder the mysteries of life.
The Stuff of Thought
The Stuff of Thought - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Stuff of Thought write by Steven Pinker. This book was released on 2007. The Stuff of Thought available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Pulitzer Prize finalist author of The Blank Slate presents an accessible study of the relationship between language and human nature, explaining how everything from swearing and innuendo to prepositions and baby names reveal facts about key human concepts, emotions, and relationships.
Words and Rules
Words and Rules - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Words and Rules write by Steven Pinker. This book was released on 2015-07-14. Words and Rules available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "If you are not already a Steven Pinker addict, this book will make you one." -- Jared Diamond In Words and Rules, Steven Pinker explores profound mysteries of language by picking a deceptively simple phenomenon -- regular and irregular verbs -- and examining it from every angle. With humor and verve, he covers an astonishing array of topics in the sciences and humanities, from the history of languages to how to simulate languages on computers to major ideas in the history of Western philosophy. Through it all, Pinker presents a single, powerful idea: that language comprises a mental dictionary of memorized words and a mental grammar of creative rules. The idea extends beyond language and offers insight into the very nature of the human mind. This is a sparkling, eye-opening, and utterly original book by one of the world's leading cognitive scientists.
The Sense of Style
The Sense of Style - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sense of Style write by Steven Pinker. This book was released on 2014-09-30. The Sense of Style available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Charming and erudite," from the author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now, "The wit and insight and clarity he brings . . . is what makes this book such a gem.” —Time.com Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing—and why should we care? From the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now. In this entertaining and eminently practical book, the cognitive scientist, dictionary consultant, and New York Times–bestselling author Steven Pinker rethinks the usage guide for the twenty-first century. Using examples of great and gruesome modern prose while avoiding the scolding tone and Spartan tastes of the classic manuals, he shows how the art of writing can be a form of pleasurable mastery and a fascinating intellectual topic in its own right. The Sense of Style is for writers of all kinds, and for readers who are interested in letters and literature and are curious about the ways in which the sciences of mind can illuminate how language works at its best.
