How the Mind Works

Steven Pinker

Book cover for How the Mind Works
Book cover for How the Mind Works

How the Mind Works

How the Mind Works

Steven Pinker

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Why do we laugh?
What makes memories fade?
Why do people believe in ghosts?

How the Mind Works explores every aspect of mental life, showing that our minds are not a mystery, but a system of organs of computation designed by natural selection.

Critical Reviews

Undeniably brilliant.-- "Newsday"

Big, brash, and a lot of fun.-- "Time"

Hugely entertaining...always sparkling and provoking.-- "Wall Street Journal"

Witty popular science that you enjoy reading for the writing as well as for the science. No other science writer makes me laugh so much.--Mark Ridley "New York Times Book Review"

Alters completely the way one thinks about thinking...its unforeseen consequences probably can't be contained by a book.--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt "New York Times"

Pinker has a knack for making the profound seem obvious....A fascinating bag of evolutionary insights.-- "The Economist"

Publishing Information

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pub date: 2009-06-01
Length: 672 pages

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