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  1. 1 de sept. de 2009 · The Stuff of Thought (2007) is Steven Pinker’s fifth popular science book, designed to complete two different trilogies that explore language, the mind and human nature.

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  2. 26 de ago. de 2008 · In The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature, Steven Pinker examines samples of everyday speech to validate modern theories of cognitive science. Pinker is currently a professor and experimental psychologist at Harvard University.

  3. 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...

  4. 15 de sept. de 2018 · This New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language from the author of Better Angels of Our Nature and The Sense of Style. 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.

  5. 5 de jun. de 2008 · Surprising, thought-provoking and incredibly enjoyable, there is no other book like it - Steven Pinker will revolutionise the way you think about language. He analyses what words actually mean...

  6. In this book, Steven Pinker explains how the mind works in a completely new style--by examining the way we use words. By looking closely at our everyday speech--our conversations, our jokes, our legal disputes--Pinker paints a vivid picture of the thoughts and emotions that populate our mental lives.

  7. 11 de sept. de 2007 · The Pulitzer Prize finalist author of The Blank Slate presents an accessible study of the relationship between language and human nature, explaining how everything from swearing and innuendo to prepositions and baby names reveal facts about key human concepts, emotions, and relationships.