The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

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 and Enlightenment Now.

"Curious, inventive, fearless, naughty."
--The New York Times Book Review

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. His previous books - including the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Blank Slate - have catapulted him into the limelight as one of today's most important popular science writers. In The Stuff of Thought, Pinker presents a fascinating look at how our words explain our nature. Considering scientific questions with examples from everyday life, The Stuff of Thought is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable work that will appeal to fans of everything from The Selfish Gene and Blink to Eats, Shoots & Leaves.

• The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.)
• How the Mind Works
• Words and Rules: The Ingredients Of Language (Science Masters Series)
• The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
• Language, Cognition, and Human Nature
• The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
• The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
• On Language: Chomsky's Classic Works Language and Responsibility and Reflections on Language in One Volume
• Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
• Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress