The Stuff of Throught. Language as a Window into Human Nature Hardcover - 2007
by Pinker, Steven
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- Hardcover
- first
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 that will appeal to fans of readers of everything from The Selfish Gene and Blink to Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
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- Title The Stuff of Throught. Language as a Window into Human Nature
- Author Pinker, Steven
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st edition, 1st printing.
- Condition Used - fine with fine dust jacket. thick 8vo. 499pp.
- Pages 512
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Press, New York
- Date 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 102611
- ISBN 9780670063277 / 0670063274
- Weight 1.63 lbs (0.74 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 6.36 x 1.59 in (23.52 x 16.15 x 4.04 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Thought and thinking, Language and languages - Philosophy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007026601
- Dewey Decimal Code 401
