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Science Human Anatomy & Physiology

How the Mind Works

by (author) Steven Pinker

read by Mel Foster

Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Initial publish date
Apr 2014
Category
Human Anatomy & Physiology
  • CD-Audio

    ISBN
    9781491514962
    Publish Date
    Apr 2014
    List Price
    $14.99
  • CD-Audio

    ISBN
    9781469228419
    Publish Date
    Sep 2012
    List Price
    $29.99

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In this delightful, acclaimed bestseller, one of the world’s leading cognitive scientists tackles the workings of the human mind. What makes us rational—and why are we so often irrational? How do we see in three dimensions? What makes us happy, afraid, angry, disgusted, or sexually aroused? Why do we fall in love? And how do we grapple with the imponderables of morality, religion, and consciousness? How the Mind Works synthesizes the most satisfying explanations of our mental life from cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and other fields to explain what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and contemplate the mysteries of life. This new edition of Pinker’s bold and buoyant classic is updated with a new foreword by the author.

 

“Undeniably brilliant.” —Newsday

 

“Big, brash, and a lot of fun.” —Time

 

“Hugely entertaining…always sparkling and provoking.” —Wall Street Journal

 

“Witty popular science that you enjoy reading for the writing as well as for the science.” —New York Times Book Review

 

About the authors

STEVEN PINKER is a pioneering cognitive scientist who has written a number of of bestselling books, including The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century, as well as the landmark study on human progress The Better Angels of Our Nature, which won the New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year Award and was chosen for Mark Zuckerberg's book club. The Blank Slate and How the Mind Works were both finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. He is Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard and has been named by Time magazine as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World."

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Audie award winner Mel Foster’s background in acting dates back to his days at the University of Michigan, where he received an MA in Theater. His career has covered everything from acting and directing to writing and casting. He lives outside Detroit, Michigan.

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