10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PINKER»
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pinker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Presents a controversial history of violence which argues that today's world is the most peaceful time in human existence, drawing on psychological insights into intrinsic values that are causing people to condemn violence as an acceptable ...
This new edition of Pinker's bold and buoyant classic is updated with a new foreword by the author.
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings.
The codirector of the MIT Center for Cognitive Science explains how language works, how it differs from thought, why adults have difficulty learning foreign languages, and why computers cannot learn human language. 75,000 first printing.
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
He also explores the emotional impact of language, from names to swear words, and shows us the full power that it can have over us. And, with this book, he also shows just how stimulating and entertaining language can be.
Why do languages change over time, making Chaucer's English almost incomprehensible? Steven Pinker explains the profound mysteries of language by picking a deceptively simple single phenomenon and examining it from every angle.
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The Sexual Paradox: Men, Women and the Real Gender Gap
Through the stories of real men and women, science, and examples from popular culture, Susan Pinker takes a new look at the differences between women and men.
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Oh Behave!: Dogs from Pavlov to Premack to
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Jean Donaldson brings her considerable wisdom - and wit - to a wide variety of topics of interest to dog trainers and enthusiasts in the latest book from Dogwise Publishing.
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Learnability and Cognition: The Acquisition of Argument ...
A classic book about language acquisition and conceptual structure, with a new preface by the author, “The Secret Life of Verbs.”
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The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind
'Dazzling...Pinker's big idea is that language is an instinct...as innate to us as flying is to geese.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PINKER»
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pinker is used in the context of the following news items.
Here's Where US Women Are Beating Men
A new map shows the American landscape gets pinker and pinker as we age, with women outliving men in most parts of the country. «Voice of America, Jul 15»
Big Data is good, Smart Data is better
Distinguished contemporary psychologist Steven Pinker has said, “Cognitive psychology tells us that the unaided human mind is vulnerable to ... «San Mateo Daily Journal, Jul 15»
Sloan: Book includes many eye-openers
My book-of-the-month-summary for July is “The Blank Slate” (Viking, 2002) by Steven Pinker. It is impossible to summarize 509 pages in 300 ... «Clovis News Journal, Jul 15»
Read It and Reap: Plenty to discuss about Harper Lee's 'Go Set a …
... "Gang Leader for a Day" by Sudhir Venkatesh; and "The Better Angels of Our Nature" by Steven Pinker, psychology professor at Harvard. «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
Humans are underrated
Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker observed in 2007 that “assessing the layout of the world and guiding a body through it are staggeringly ... «Fortune, Jul 15»
The Myth of India's Vegetarian Elites: A Response to NPR and New …
Eminent scholars like Steven Pinker, after all, hasten to add to their pet theories about how the West helped reduce violence n the 20th century ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
New, pinker retardant being dropped on California fires
(KCRA) —Air tanker pilots are using a new, pinker fire retardant to drop on California's mountainsides and hilltops to slow down brush fires. «KCRA Sacramento, Jul 15»
10 things you need to know before European markets open
You're not going mad, the Financial Times really is getting pinker as the years go by. Great story from Quartz: "The FT has certainly grown ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
Quartz Daily Brief—Europe and Africa edition—Obama in Kenya …
“The FT has certainly become pinker over the years as its brand became more closely associated with the coloring. Some, including the ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
Why the Financial Times is pink
The FT has certainly grown pinker over the years as its brand became more closely associated with the coloring. Some, including the ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
