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Steven Pinker has recommended 16 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.

Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author.

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16 Books Recommended

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"Perhaps the best analysis of writing style." - Steven Pinker (Source)
"Fascinating, important new book by friend & former colleague." - Steven Pinker (Source)

Knowledge And Decisions

by Thomas Sowell
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book. (Source)

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"Perhaps the best display of expository scientific prose of the twentieth century." - Steven Pinker (Source)

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"A good way to settle bets (who was worse, Genghis Khan or Hitler?), brush up your history, and marvel at the cruelty and stupidity of our species." - Steven Pinker (Source)
"A delightful introduction to number theory, Einstein’s theory of relativity, higher dimensions, and other mathematical and scientific topics." - Steven Pinker (Source)
"The founding document of evolutionary psychology, filled with insights about sex and the sexes, and more relevant than ever with #metoo." - Steven Pinker (Source)

The Strategy of Conflict

by Thomas C. Schelling
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book. (Source)
"A moving, hilarious, and intellectually deep novel about religion and atheism. Disclosure: I like this author’s fiction so much that I married her." - Steven Pinker (Source)

The Science of Words

by George A. Miller
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book. (Source)
"This 21st-century statement of the ideals of the Enlightenment offers fresh insight on a vast number of topics." - Steven Pinker (Source)

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Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book. (Source)
"A grandmother from New Jersey uses genetics, ethnography, and child psychology to refute the dogma that parents shape their children's intelligence and personality." - Steven Pinker (Source)
"An allusion to [the author]'s groundbreaking 'Whole Earth Catalog,' which merged technology with the counterculture and encouraged global consciousness." - Steven Pinker (Source)

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Enemies, a Love Story

by Isaac Bashevis Singer
"About a holocaust survivor who ends up with three wives. Every scene is a goldmine of insight about human nature." - Steven Pinker (Source)
"This is the book for our era." - Steven Pinker (Source)

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