Steven Pinker Book Recommendations
Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author.
(Read more on Wikipedia)16 Books Recommended
Clear and Simple as the Truth
Writing Classic Prose
by Francis-Noël Thomas
"Perhaps the best analysis of writing style." - Steven Pinker (Source)
The Mental Life of Modernism
Why Poetry, Painting, and Music Changed at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
by Samuel Jay Keyser
"Fascinating, important new book by friend & former colleague." - Steven Pinker (Source)
Knowledge And Decisions
by Thomas Sowell
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book. (Source)
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The Blind Watchmaker
Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
by Richard Dawkins
"Perhaps the best display of expository scientific prose of the twentieth century." - Steven Pinker (Source)
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Atrocities
The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History
by Matthew White
"A good way to settle bets (who was worse, Genghis Khan or Hitler?), brush up your history, and marvel at the cruelty and stupidity of our species." - Steven Pinker (Source)
One Two Three . . . Infinity
Facts and Speculations of Science
by George Gamow
"A delightful introduction to number theory, Einstein’s theory of relativity, higher dimensions, and other mathematical and scientific topics." - Steven Pinker (Source)
The Evolution of Human Sexuality
by Donald Symons
"The founding document of evolutionary psychology, filled with insights about sex and the sexes, and more relevant than ever with #metoo." - Steven Pinker (Source)
The Strategy of Conflict
by Thomas C. Schelling
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book. (Source)
36 Arguments for the Existence of God
A Work of Fiction
by Rebecca Goldstein
"A moving, hilarious, and intellectually deep novel about religion and atheism. Disclosure: I like this author’s fiction so much that I married her." - Steven Pinker (Source)
The Science of Words
by George A. Miller
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book. (Source)
The Beginning of Infinity
Explanations That Transform the World
by David Deutsch
"This 21st-century statement of the ideals of the Enlightenment offers fresh insight on a vast number of topics." - Steven Pinker (Source)
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Patrick Collison, Naval Ravikant, Sam Harris, Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Anderson, Mark Bell, Ryan Shea
Retreat from Doomsday
The Obsolescence of Major War
by John Mueller
Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book. (Source)
The Nurture Assumption
Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
by Judith Rich Harris
"A grandmother from New Jersey uses genetics, ethnography, and child psychology to refute the dogma that parents shape their children's intelligence and personality." - Steven Pinker (Source)
Whole Earth Discipline
Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, Restored Wildlands, and Geoengineering Are Necessary
by Stewart Brand
"An allusion to [the author]'s groundbreaking 'Whole Earth Catalog,' which merged technology with the counterculture and encouraged global consciousness." - Steven Pinker (Source)
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Enemies, a Love Story
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
"About a holocaust survivor who ends up with three wives. Every scene is a goldmine of insight about human nature." - Steven Pinker (Source)
The Bias That Divides Us
The Science and Politics of Myside Thinking
by Keith E. Stanovich
"This is the book for our era." - Steven Pinker (Source)
