Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker is a renowned Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and bestselling author, known for his influential work on language, mind, and human nature.
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Atrocities
A good way to settle bets (who was worse, Genghis Khan or Hitler?), brush up your history, and marvel at the cruelty and stupidity of our species. - Steven Pinker
Matthew White
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Enemies, a Love Story
About a holocaust survivor who ends up with three wives. Every scene is a goldmine of insight about human nature. - Steven Pinker
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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36 Arguments for the Existence of God
A moving, hilarious, and intellectually deep novel about religion and atheism. Disclosure: I like this author’s fiction so much that I married her. - Steven Pinker
Rebecca Goldstein
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Whole Earth Discipline
An allusion to [the author]'s groundbreaking 'Whole Earth Catalog,' which merged technology with the counterculture and encouraged global consciousness. - Steven Pinker
Stewart Brand
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Retreat from Doomsday
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book.
John Mueller
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The Science of Words
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book.
George A. Miller
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Clear and Simple as the Truth
Perhaps the best analysis of writing style. - Steven Pinker
Francis-Noël Thomas
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The Strategy of Conflict
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book.
Thomas C. Schelling
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The Beginning of Infinity
This 21st-century statement of the ideals of the Enlightenment offers fresh insight on a vast number of topics. - Steven Pinker
David Deutsch
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The Nurture Assumption
A grandmother from New Jersey uses genetics, ethnography, and child psychology to refute the dogma that parents shape their children's intelligence and personality. - Steven Pinker
Judith Rich Harris
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The Bias That Divides Us
This is the book for our era. - Steven Pinker
Keith E. Stanovich
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The Blind Watchmaker
Perhaps the best display of expository scientific prose of the twentieth century. - Steven Pinker
Richard Dawkins
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The Evolution of Human Sexuality
The founding document of evolutionary psychology, filled with insights about sex and the sexes, and more relevant than ever with #metoo. - Steven Pinker
Donald Symons
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Knowledge And Decisions
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book.
Thomas Sowell
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The Mental Life of Modernism
Fascinating, important new book by friend & former colleague. - Steven Pinker
Samuel Jay Keyser
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One Two Three . . . Infinity
A delightful introduction to number theory, Einstein’s theory of relativity, higher dimensions, and other mathematical and scientific topics. - Steven Pinker
George Gamow
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