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The Stuff of Thought

Language as a Window into Human Nature

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The Stuff of Thought

Auteur(s): Steven Pinker
Narrateur(s): Dean Olsher
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 New York Times best-selling 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 everything from The Selfish Gene and Blink to Eats, Shoots & Leaves.

©2007 Steven Pinker (P)2007 Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc. and Books on Tape. All rights reserved. Linguistique Psychologie Psychologie et santé mentale Science Sciences sociales Mathématiques Émotions

Ce que les critiques en disent

"Engaging and provocative...filled with humor and fun." (Douglas Hofstadter, Los Angeles Times)

"Pinker is a star, and the world of science is lucky to have him." (Richard Dawkins)

"Curious, inventive, fearless, naughty." (New York Times Book Review)
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I know this isn’t the complaint you will hear from all lone Book listeners but I like to read the book along with the audible file. It helps me retain and keep focused but this book is paraphrased. Skipping whole sentences and rewording sections, and not stating chapters or sections of the story. It’s made it impossible to follow along, and I feel like I am not reading Steven Pinkers writing. It feels really rushed.

Never had this problem with a book on here before. am quite frustrated.

It’s not in Steven Pinkers written words

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