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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
eBook by Steven Pinker
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eBook Category: Technology/Science
eBook Description:  New York Times 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 and popular science writers. Now, in The Stuff of Thought, Pinker marries two of the subjects he knows best: language and human nature. The result is a fascinating look at how our words explain our nature. What does swearing reveal about our emotions? Why does innuendo disclose something about relationships? Pinker reveals how our use of prepositions and tenses taps into peculiarly human concepts of space and time, and how our nouns and verbs speak to our notions of matter. Even the names we give our babies have important things to say about our relations to our children and to society. With his signature wit and style, Pinker takes on scientific questions like whether language affects thought, as well as forays into everyday life--why is bulk e-mail called spam and how do romantic comedies get such mileage out of the ambiguities of dating? The Stuff of Thought is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable work The Selfish Gene and Blink to Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
eBook Publisher: Penguin Group/Viking
Fictionwise Release Date: October 2007
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Available eBook Formats [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader - What's this?]: SECURE MOBIPOCKET FORMAT [1.6 MB], SECURE MICROSOFT READER FORMAT [1.4 MB] - Requires Microsoft Reader 2.1.1 for PCs, or Microsoft Reader 2.2.2 on Pocket PC 2002 handheld devices. Some older Pocket PCs can be upgraded. Learn More., SECURE EREADER (RECOMMENDED) FORMAT [1.1 MB]
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Microsoft Reader ISBN: 9781429560610
Mobipocket Reader ISBN: 9781429560658
eReader ISBN: 9781429560634
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