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Just about every facet of the mind is explored in this magnificent book. The mind's eye chapter where the connection between seeing and thinking is made is perhaps the most in-depth chapter. I liked very much the hotheads chapter on emotions explaining its function. Nothing is below Steven Pinker to make his point and there are several references to movies, anecdotes, etc. making this book somewhat of a popularization of cognitive science. This book is a very thorough sweep of all aspects of the mind and the author succeeded in making it enjoyable. I will reread this book for years to come.
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'Presented with extraordinary lucidity, cogency
and panache...Powerful and gripping ...To have read [the book] is to have consulted a first draft of the structural plan of the human psyche ... a glittering tour deforce' Hugh Lawson-Tancred, Spectator In this brilliant and controversial book, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading cognitive scientists, explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, interact, enjoy the arts and ponder the mysteries of life. And he does it with the clarity and style that earned The Language Instinct worldwide critical acclaim and several major prizes. Pinker has a knack tor making the profound seem obvious of evolutionary insights' Economist A landmark in popular science Independent
A fascinating bag
A major public asset' MarekKohn,
A model of scientific writing: erudite, witty and clear. An excellent book' Steve Jones, New York Review of Books 'Marks out the territory on which the coming century's debate about human nature will be held' Oliver Morton, T