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Pinker writes clearly and engagingly about the most difficult matters. — American Airlines Way ... an excellent overview of what is known about the nature of language. ... Pinker has a fine knack for elucidating complex linguistic theory in such clean prose that it all seems transparent—a difficult...

"A monumental study that sets a new standard for work on learnability." —Ray Jackendoff "The author's arguments are never less than impressive, and sometimes irresistible, such is the force and panache with which they are deployed." —Paul Fletcher, Times Higher Education Supplement "Learnability and...

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A terrific book…[Pinker] recounts the progress across a broad array of metrics, from health to wars, the environment to happiness, equal rights to quality of life. —Nicholas Kristof, New York Times For years, I’ve been saying Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature was the best book I’d read...

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