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Now is Better - Stefan Sagmeister, Steven Pinker, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Steven Heller
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Dictionary of Fine Distinctions'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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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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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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How Babies Think - Alison Gopnik, Andrew Meltzoff, Patricia K Kuhl, Orion Publishing CoA 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. |
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Books do Furnish a Life - Richard Dawkins'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.' SpectatorIncluding conversat... |
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MastermindThe New York Times bestselling guide to thinking like literature's greatest detective. "Steven Pinker meets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" (Boston Globe), by the author of The Confidence Game. No fictional character is more renowned for hi |
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Enigma of Reason (MERCIER AND SPERBE)(Brožovaná)If 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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Enigma of ReasonIf 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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Books do Furnish a Life - Richard DawkinsIncluding conversations with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley and more, this is an essential guide to the most exciting ideas of our time and their proponents from our most brilliant science communicator. Books Do Furnish a Life is divided by theme, including celebrating nature, explo... |
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Islám a budoucnost tolerance - Sam Harris, Mádžíd NawázSam 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... |
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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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The Flame of Reason - Christer Sturmark, Head of ZeusA passionate, highly accessible clarion call to a world dangerously threatened by irrational superstitions of all kinds. 'Truly a book for our time' Steven Pinker 'In Sweden's public square, Christer Sturmark has done as much as anyone to uphold reason and humane critical thinking' Richard Dawkins '... |
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What We Believe But Cannot Prove"What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?" This was the question posed by John Brockman to a group of leading scientists and thinkers via his Edge.org website. The subsequent answers created a media storm and prompted a fiery debate about all aspects of science, technology and ev... |
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This Will Make You Smarter (John Brockman,David Brooks)(Brožovaná)Edge.org presents brilliant, accessible, cutting-edge ideas to improve our decision-making skills and improve our cognitive toolkits, with contributions by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Richard Dawkins, Brian Eno, Steven Pinker, and more. Featuring a foreword by |
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Stuff of ThoughtIn "The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature", Steven Pinker looks at how the relationship between words and thoughts can help us understand who we are. Why do so many swear words involve topics like sex, bodily functions or the divine? Why do some children's names thrive while o... |
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MastermindThe New York Times bestselling guide to thinking like literature's greatest detective. "Steven Pinker meets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" (Boston Globe), by the author of The Confidence Game. No fictional character is more renowned for hi |
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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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Singing NeanderthalsAlong with the concepts of consciousness and intelligence, our capacity for language sits right at the core of what makes us human. But while the evolutionary origins of language have provoked speculation and impassioned debate, music has been neglected if not ignored. Like language it is a universa... |
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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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The God DelusionTHE FOUR MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe brilliantly argued and impassioned classic polemic from the world’s best-known atheist. Sensationally incisive and perennially timely, this is required reading for everyone. ‘A resounding trumpet blast for truth’ Matt Ridley'[The God Delusion] deserv... |
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