Steven Pinker is one of the world's most influential thinkers and writers on the human condition. His popular and highly praised books include The Better Angels of Our Nature, The Sense of Style, The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slate, How the Mind Works, and The Language Instinct. The recipient of several major awards for his teaching, books, and scientific research, Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He also writes frequently for The New York Times, the Guardian and other publications. He has been named Humanist of the Year, Prospect magazine's "The World's Top 100 Public Intellectuals," Foreign Policy's "100 Global Thinkers," and Time magazine's "The 100 Most Influential People in the World Today."
One of the most important books I've read - not just this year, but
ever ... For me, what's most important about The Better Angels of
Our Nature are its insights into how to help achieve positive
outcomes. How can we encourage a less violent, more just society,
particularly for the poor? Steven Pinker shows us ways we can make
those positive trajectories a little more likely. That's a
contribution, not just to historical scholarship, but to the
world
*Bill Gates*
Brilliant, mind-altering...Everyone should read this astonishing
book
*Guardian*
A supremely important book. To have command of so much research,
spread across so many different fields, is a masterly achievement.
Pinker convincingly demonstrates that there has been a dramatic
decline in violence, and he is persuasive about the causes of that
decline
*New York Times*
[A] sweeping new review of the history of human violence...[Pinker
has] the kind of academic superbrain that can translate otherwise
impenetrable statistics into a meaningful narrative of human
behaviour...impeccable scholarship
*Sunday Times*
Written in Pinker's distinctively entertaining and clear personal
style...a marvellous synthesis of science, history and
storytelling
*Financial Times*
A salutary reality-check...Better Angels is itself a great liberal
landmark
*Independent*
Pinker's scholarhsip is astounding...flawless...masterful
*The Times*
Selected by the New York Times as one of the 100 Notable Books of
2011
*New York Times*
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