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The Stuff of Thought
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature | Steven Pinker
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This New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language 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.
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Kajohnson
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Who has read this one? Kinda slow beginning. I need encouragement to keep going

8little_paws I recall picking it up years ago, but I don't think I ever finished it 5y
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Michaelbmontes
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Fantastic book 📙

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Michaelbmontes
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If adults commit adultery, do infants commit infantry? If olive oil is made from olives, what do they make baby oil from? a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian consume? A writer is someone who writes. But fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce, hammers don't ham...If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of booth be beeth? If they wrote a letter, perhaps they also bote their tongue.

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Foxnorth

Anything by Steven Pinker is bound to be interesting.

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DeeLew
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I pulled this off my shelf tonight. This is one of those books that just kept getting pushed down the list and eventually I kind of forgot about it. Going forward I will try and read more of the older stuff on my shelf. I think I've had this one for about 10 years! What is the longest time you have let a book sit on your shelf before you got around to reading it?

Eggs You don't want to know....😱 Okay, 9 years 7y
EvieBee 15 years for me before I finally read my copy of Middlemarch. 7y
CoffeeCatsBooks I‘d say 15 years as well. 7y
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FountainBookstore If you only read the chapter on baby names, it's worth the whole book. Thanks for the memory! I will never look at a kid named Madison the same way again after reading that essay. I hope I have the right book. I know it was Pinker. 7y
DeeLew @Eggs @EvieBee @CoffeeCatsBooks I'm glad I'm not alone! 😁 7y
DeeLew @FountainBookstore I definitely need to read it now! I read the Blank Slate but it's been so long, I may need to reread it. 7y
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tea.n.books
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#aprilbookshowers, day 21. I haven't been able to ever get into this one (it's a behemoth and takes a lot of logic brain power), but I've always liked the #subtitle

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KtheBookwyrm
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Went back to the library sale with my mom. Unfortunately all the children's books were gone but I did find some more books. These 4 were "gently used" aka basically new, and were only $1 each. Score!

MrBook I have the bottom-left one! 8y
KtheBookwyrm @MrBook have you read it? 8y
MrBook Not yet *sighs*. It's boxed up at the moment. 8y
KtheBookwyrm @MrBook I'd never heard of it, it was a cover/blurb buy. I'm hoping it's as good as it sounds 8y
MrBook Pinker's great when he stays on point in his subject area. 8y
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