How the Mind Works
by Steven Pinker
Taste attributes: documentarypsychologicalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatebig & variedemotive & stirringsocial commentaryempowerment/personal growthsolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeSlow-burning and realistic: an inventive non-fiction book, heavy rather than light. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.6 / 5
7 ratings
About This Book
"Presented with extraordinary lucidity, cogency and panache...Powerful and gripping...To have read [the book] is to have consulted a first draft of the structural plan of the human psyche...a glittering tour de force" - Spectator "Why do memories fade? Why do we lose our tempers? Why do fools fall in love?
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- Author
- Steven Pinker
- Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 667
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- Open Library
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