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

Pinker, Steven

ISBN 10: 0670063274 / ISBN 13: 9780670063277

Published by Viking, 2007

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Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. As new copy in like dust jacket, mylar protected. Signed by Author on title page. Event calendar laid in.

Seller Inventory # 10655

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Viking
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670063274
• ISBN 13: 9780670063277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern First Editions

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Synopsis

The Pulitzer Prize finalist author of The Blank Slate presents an accessible study of the relationship between language and human nature, explaining how everything from swearing and innuendo to prepositions and baby names reveal facts about key human concepts, emotions, and relationships.

About the Author

Steven Pinker is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and the winner of many awards for his research, teaching, and books, he has been named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Today and Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers.