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The Blank Slate
Penguin Group US 2003; US$ 17.00In The Blank Slate , Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits-a doctrine held by many intellectuals during the past century-denies... more...
The Stuff of Thought
Penguin Group US 2007; US$ 17.00This New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language 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... more...
The Language Instinct
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 13.99In this classic, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story:... more...
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 9.99A provocative history of violence?from the New York Times bestselling author of The Stuff of Thought and The Blank Slate Believe it or not, today we may be living in the most peaceful moment in our species' existence. In his gripping and controversial new work, New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows that despite the ceaseless... more...
The Blank Slate
Penguin Books Ltd 2003; Not Available"In a work of outstanding clarity and sheer brilliance Steven Pinker banishes forever fears that a biological understanding of human nature threatens humane values" - Helena Cronin, author of THE ANT and THE PEACOCK. "A mind blowing, mind openingexpos?. Pinker's profoundly positive arguments for the compatibility of biology and humanism are unrivalled... more...
The Language Instinct
Penguin Books Ltd 2003; Not Available'Dazzling...Pinker's big idea is that language is an instinct...as innate to us as flying is to geese...Words can hardly do justice to the superlative range and liveliness of Pinker's investigations' - Independent 'A marvellously readable book...illuminates every facet of human language: its biological origin, its uniqueness to humanity, it... more...
The Seven Words You Can't Say on Television
Penguin Books Ltd 2008; Not AvailableWhy do so many swear words involve sex, bodily functions and religion? Why are some words rude and others aren?t? Why can launching into expletives be so shocking ? and sometimes so amusing? Steven Pinker takes us on a fascinating and funny journey through the world of profanities, taken from his bestselling The Stuff of Thought , to show us why... more...
The Stuff of Thought
Penguin Books Ltd 2008; Not AvailableThe Stuff of Thought is an exhilarating work of non-fiction. Surprising, thought-provoking and incredibly enjoyable, there is no other book like it - Steven Pinker will revolutionise the way you think about language. He analyses what words actually mean and how we use them, and he reveals what this can tell us about ourselves. He shows how we use... more...
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Penguin Books Ltd 2011; Not Available-Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012 This acclaimed book by Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct and The Blank Slate , argues that, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades. Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens... more...









