Steven Pinker Recommended Books
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.
(Read more on Wikipedia)16 Books Recommended
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Clear and Simple as the Truth
Writing Classic Prose
"Perhaps the best analysis of writing style." - Steven Pinker (Source)
The Mental Life of Modernism
Why Poetry, Painting, and Music Changed at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
"Fascinating, important new book by friend & former colleague." - Steven Pinker (Source)
Knowledge And Decisions
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book. (Source)
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The Blind Watchmaker
Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
"Perhaps the best display of expository scientific prose of the twentieth century." - Steven Pinker (Source)
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Atrocities
The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History
"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)
One Two Three . . . Infinity
Facts and Speculations of Science
"A delightful introduction to number theory, Einstein’s theory of relativity, higher dimensions, and other mathematical and scientific topics." - Steven Pinker (Source)
The Evolution of Human Sexuality
"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
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book. (Source)
36 Arguments for the Existence of God
A Work of Fiction
"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
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book. (Source)
The Beginning of Infinity
Explanations That Transform the World
"This 21st-century statement of the ideals of the Enlightenment offers fresh insight on a vast number of topics." - Steven Pinker (Source)
Also recommended by:
Patrick Collison, Naval Ravikant, Sam Harris, Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Anderson, Mark Bell, Ryan Shea
Retreat from Doomsday
The Obsolescence of Major War
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book. (Source)
The Nurture Assumption
Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
"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)
Whole Earth Discipline
Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, Restored Wildlands, and Geoengineering Are Necessary
"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
"About a holocaust survivor who ends up with three wives. Every scene is a goldmine of insight about human nature." - Steven Pinker (Source)
The Bias That Divides Us
The Science and Politics of Myside Thinking
"This is the book for our era." - Steven Pinker (Source)
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