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

Steven Pinker

ISBN 10: 0670063274 / ISBN 13: 9780670063277

Published by Viking, New York, 2007

About this Item

New York: Viking, 2007. First Edition, with full number line. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's two-toned boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; ix,[3],499pp.; illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, "Autographed Copy" sticker to front jacket panel, corners nudged, else Very Good or better. Signed by the author on title page.

Seller Inventory # 47529

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature [Signed]
• Publisher: Viking, New York
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670063274
• ISBN 13: 9780670063277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language
  • Psychology
  • Signed

About this title

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.