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Books Written by Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker has written 17 books. See the full bibliography below.
Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author.
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Rationality
What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
2021
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
2018
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9 people
Bill Gates recommended this bookBill Gates
"My new favorite book of all time." - Bill Gates
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Sam Harris recommended this bookSam Harris
Sam Harris picked this as the first book in his Book Club.
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Jordan Peterson recommended this bookJordan Peterson
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.
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Yuval Noah Harari recommended this bookYuval Noah Harari
"It is the most optimistic book I’ve read in a long time." - Yuval Noah Harari
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A.J. Jacobs recommended this bookA.J. Jacobs
"We should be thrilled to be alive now." - A.J. Jacobs
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David Deutsch recommended this bookDavid Deutsch
"There are a few philosophical errors and poor arguments in [this] otherwise excellent book." - David Deutsch
David Deutsch's recommendation of this book +3
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- Michael Mauboussin
"[One of the] books that helped me think better in 2018." - Michael Mauboussin
- Richard Dawkins
"A truly brilliant book, elegantly written, sparkling with wit, driving nails hard home on every page." - Richard Dawkins
- David Friedberg
"A great book." - David Friedberg
- Michael Mauboussin
The Sense of Style
The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
2014
Recommended by
1 person
Brianne Kimmel recommended this bookBrianne Kimmel
"If you’re struggling to find the right words or new to writing publicly, this book is a must-read." - Brianne Kimmel
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Language, Cognition, and Human Nature
2013
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
2011
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13 people- Bill Gates recommended this book
Bill Gates
"One of the most important books I’ve read—not just this year, but ever." - Bill Gates
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Lex Fridman recommended this bookLex Fridman
"Encouraged the better side of ourselves." - Lex Fridman
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Mark Zuckerberg recommended this bookMark Zuckerberg
"About how and why violence has steadily decreased throughout our history, and how we can continue this trend." - Mark Zuckerberg
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Jack Kornfield recommended this bookJack Kornfield
"One of my favorite recent books." - Jack Kornfield
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Stewart Brand recommended this bookStewart Brand
Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.
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Eric Schmidt recommended this bookEric Schmidt
"When you finish [this book], which takes a long time, you conclude that the world is in a much, much better place than it has been in the past." - Eric Schmidt
Eric Schmidt's recommendation of this book +7
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- A.J. Jacobs
"Traces the history of violence and how we are in the safest time ever." - A.J. Jacobs
- Ben Silbermann
"Takes a long view and shows the long-term decline in violence that has occurred." - Ben Silbermann
- Chris Anderson
"[I recommend] anything [by this author]. He’s one of the clearest thinkers and communicators of our time." - Chris Anderson
- John Arnold
One of John Arnold's answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"
- Anthony Pompliano
"So good. I've found it to really rock people's preconceived notions on a number of topics." - Anthony Pompliano
- Penn Jillette
"Blew my mind." - Penn Jillette
- Mark Manson
Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
- A.J. Jacobs
The Stuff of Thought
Language as a Window into Human Nature
2007
Hotheads
2005
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004
2004
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
2002
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3 people
Nassim Taleb recommended this bookNassim Taleb
"A great exposition of modern scientific thinking and understanding of the nature of man." - Nassim Taleb
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Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on Twitter.
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Mark Manson recommended this bookMark Manson
Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
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Words and Rules
The Ingredients Of Language
1999
How the Mind Works
1997
The Language Instinct
How the Mind Creates Language
1994
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1 person
Charlie Munger recommended this bookCharlie Munger
"Says that human language ability is not just learned, it is deeply buried - to a considerable extent - in the genome." - Charlie Munger
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Lexical & Conceptual Semantics
1992
Learnability and Cognition
The Acquisition of Argument Structure
1989
Connections and Symbols
1988
Visual Cognition
1985
Language Learnability and Language Development
1984
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