steven pinker

How the Mind Works (Pinker Steven)

In this Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestseller, one of the worlds 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 ar...

How Babies Think

A cutting-edge exploration of what evolutionary psychology is teaching us of the development and learning of children, in the tradition of Matt Ridley's The Red Queen and Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct.

The Darker Angels of Our Nature: Refuting the Pinker Theory of History & Violence (Dwyer Philip)

In The Better Angels of Our Nature Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker argued that modern history has witnessed a dramatic decline in human violence of every kind, and that in the present we are experiencing the most peaceful time in human history. But what do top historians think about Pinkers readi...

Enlightenment Now (Pinker Steven)

Knocking on Heavens Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World (Randall Lisa)

Science has a battle for hearts and minds on its hands....How good it feels to have Lisa Randalls unusual blend of top flight science, clarity, and charm on our side. --Richard Dawkins Dazzling ideas....Read this book today to understand the science of tomorrow. --Steven Pinker The bestselling aut...

Islám a budoucnost toler… (Sam Harris; Mádžíd Nawáz)

Sam Harris a Mádžid Nawáz napsali svou knížku jako pozvánku pro každého, kdo se chce připojit k této naléhavě potřebné debatě: Je islám náboženstvím míru, nebo války? Je toto náboženství ochotné reformovat se? Proč se zdá, že tolik muslimů přitahuje extremismus? Co znamenají slova islamismus, džihád...

Buď svetlo

Naozaj sa svet ženie do záhuby? Je myšlienka pokroku dávno prekonaná? V tejto výborne napísanej správe o stave ľudstva v treťom miléniu nás kognitívny psychológ a známy intelektuál Steven Pinker nabáda, aby sme ani na okamih nepodľahli hrôzostrašným novinovým titulkom a proroctvám o konci sveta, kto...

Upheaval

'A riveting and illuminating tour of how nations deal with crises - which might hopefully help humanity as a whole deal with our present global crisis' YUVAL NOAH HARARI, author of SAPIENS ** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** Author of the landmark international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Colla...

The Glass Half-Empty: Debunking the Myth of Progress in the Twenty-First Century (Aguilera Rodrigo)

Is the world really getting so much better? Rodrigo Aguilera argues that, despite what some say about progress in the twenty-first century, we are still falling far short of where we could be. Despite the doom and gloom of financial crises, global terrorism, climate collapse, and the rise of the fa...

Big Ideas in Social Science (Edmonds David)

Are human beings less violent than before? Why do we adopt certain moral and political judgements? Why is the gap between rich and poor getting bigger? How do we decide which criminal policies are effective? What is the Population Challenge for the 21st Century? What is social science? In Big Ide...