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Now is Better - Stefan Sagmeister, Steven Pinker, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Steven Heller
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E-kniha: Buď svetloNaozaj 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... |
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Sian Beilock - ChokeIn 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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Literary MindWe 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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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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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 Language InstinctIn this classic, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our... |
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Unpacking My LibraryAs words and stories are increasingly disseminated through digital means, the significance of the book as object—whether pristine collectible or battered relic—is growing as well. Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books spotlights the personal libraries of thirteen favorite novelists who share... |
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Enlightenment Now'My new favourite book of all time' Bill GatesTOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIs modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible?If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred, and irrationali... |
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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... (Brožovaná)One of the world's greatest thinkers investigates the logic and psychology of common knowledge As a cognitive scientist, the ultimate subject of Steven Pinker's fascination is how we think about each other's thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossible, but Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the ... |
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The Emergent Mind - Gaurav Suri, Jay McClelland, Pan Macmillan‘Excellent’ – Geoffrey Hinton, the ‘godfather of AI’ and 2024 Nobel laureate in Physics‘An indispensable guide to both ourselves and the coming age of AI’ – Mustafa Suleyman, bestselling co-author of The Coming WaveHow does our consciousness – our ability to think, feel and act – actually work? How ... |
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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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The Pattern Seekers - Simon Baron-Cohen'Celebrates human cognitive diversity, and is rich with empathy and psychological insight' Steven Pinker 'Bold, intriguing, profound' Jay Elwes, Spectator Why can humans alone invent? In this book, psychologist and world renowned autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen puts forward a bold new theory: becaus... |
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Svoboda projevu Od Sokrata po sociální sítě - Mchangama JacobOd 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 ilustruje neustálé pokušení flirtovat s cenzurou... |
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Blank SlateFrom bestselling author Stephen Pinker, "The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature" shatters the myths surrounding human behaviour and 'nature versus nurture'. Recently many people have assumed that we are shaped by our environment: a blank slate waiting to be inscribed by upbringing and cu... |
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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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Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in NeuroscienceMichael S. Gazzaniga, one of the most important neuroscientists of the twentieth century, gives us an exciting behind-the-scenes look at his seminal work on that unlikely couple, the right and left brain. Foreword by Steven Pinker.In the mid-twen |
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Books do Furnish a Life (Brožovaná)'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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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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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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The God Delusion (Brožovaná)THE 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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