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Now is Better - Stefan Sagmeister, Steven Pinker, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Steven Heller
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Sense of Style"Charming and erudite . . . 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 writin... |
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Einstein Syndrome"I have found The Einstein Syndrome filled with insight, acute observations, and fertile ideas...This is an invaluable contribution to human knowledge by one of the great minds of our time."--Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works |
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Numbers Don't Lie'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning' Bill GatesIs flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh?... |
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Better Angels of Our NatureThis title is 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 de... |
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Philosophy and Life (Brožovaná)'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven Pinker'An enthusiastic thinker who embraces humour, common sense and lucidity' Independent_______________From the eminent philosopher, an authoritative exploration of the great questions of how to live'There is a question everyone has to... |
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Literary Mind (Mark Turner)(Brožovaná)We usually consider literary thinking to be peripheral and dispensable, an activity for specialists: poets, prophets, lunatics, and babysitters. Certainly we do not think it is the basis of the mind. We think of stories and parables from Aesop's Fables or The Thousand and One Nights, for example, as... |
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Gut FeelingsIn "Gut Feelings: Short Cuts to Better Decision Making" psychologist and behavioural expert Gerd Gigerenzer reveals the secrets of fast and effective decision-making. A sportsman can catch a ball without calculating its speed or distance. A group of amateurs beat the experts at playing the stock mar... |
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The Goodness Paradox - autor neuvedený'A fascinating new analysis of human violence, filled with fresh ideas and gripping evidence from our primate cousins, historical forebears, and contemporary neighbors' Steven Pinker'A brilliant analysis of the role of aggression in our evolutionary history' Jane GoodallIt may not always seem so, bu... |
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Sense of Style"Charming and erudite . . . 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 writin... |
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Choke (Sian Beilock)(Brožovaná)In the tradition of Steven Pinker's "How the Mind Works", popular psychologist Sian Beilock, an expert on performance and brain science, reveals the astonishing new science of why we choke under pressure. She explains what happens in the body and mind when everything clicks and the perfect golf swin... |
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Svoboda projevu - Jacob MchangamaAutor : Jacob Mchangama, Popis : Od antického myslitele Sokrata, přes osvícenského filozofa Spinozu, bojovnici za lidská práva Eleanor Rooseveltovou či našeho Václava Havla až po moderní aktivisty. Jacob Mchangama se ve své knize vydává na výpravu dějinami svobody projevu a na své cestě ilustruj... |
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Quiet Before (Brožovaná)'The Quiet Before is a fascinating and important exploration of how ideas that change the world incubate and spread.' Steven Pinker'Filled with insightful analysis and colourful storytelling... Rarely does a book give you a new way of looking at social change. This one does.' Walter IsaacsonWhy do s... |
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Books do Furnish a Life'Richard Dawkins is a thunderously gifted science writer.' Sunday Times 'It may be a collection of shorter parts, but the book is in no sense Dawkins made simple. It amounts to a substantive whole which offers a unitary panoramic view across his entire intellectual life.' Spectator Including convers... |
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Aristocracy of TalentTHE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'This unique and fascinating history explains why the blame now being piled upon meritocracy for many social ills is misplaced-and that assigning responsibilities to the people best able to discharge them really is better than the time-honoured customs of corruption, patron... |
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More From Less'Everyone knows we're doomed by runaway overpopulation, pollution, or resource depletion, whichever comes first. Not only is this view paralysing and fatalistic, but, as Andrew McAfee shows in this exhilarating book, it's wrong... More from Less is fascinating, enjoyable to read, and tremendously em... |
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The Enigma of Reason - Dan Sperber, Hugo Mercier, PenguinIf reason is what makes us human, then why do we humans often behave so irrationally? Taking us from desert ants to Aristotle, cognitive psychologists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber explore how our 'flawed superpower' of reason works, how it doesn't, and how it evolved to help us develop as social bei... |
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Internationalists'It will change the way you remember the 20th century and read the news in the 21st' Steven Pinker'A clarion call to preserve law and order across our planet' Philippe Sands'A fascinating and important book ... given the state of the world, The Internationalists has come along at the right moment' M... |
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Dictionary of Fine Distinctions (Eli Burnstein)(Brožovaná)'Delightful' Steven Pinker | 'A joy to read' David Crystal | 'Gulp it down' Lucy Mangan | 'A gem' Simon GarfieldSwamp or bog? Guilt or shame? Clementine or tangerine? We like to think that we choose our words with care, but are we using them with any degree of accuracy - or should that be precision?... |
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Two Heads (Uta Frith,Alex Frith,Chris Frith)A brilliantly illustrated journey through the wonders and mysteries of the human brain - from a renowned husband-and-wife team of cognitive neuroscientists. 'Charming and addictively accessible' Steven Pinker'Original, authoritative and beautiful' Brian Cox'The most wonderful adventure' Robin Ince P... |
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Future BabbleNew York Times bestselling author of Superforecasting and Future Babble "Genuinely arresting . . . required reading for journalists, politicians, academics, and anyone who listens to them."--Steven Pinker, author of Ho |
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