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Review Excerpts for Words and Rules

A gem. —Mark Aronoff, New York Times Book Review, Nov. 28, 1999 A treat. —Jan Freeman, Boston Globe, Dec. 5, 1999 A deliciously erudite, if somewhat grainy, glass of Metamucil for the legion of English speakers troubled by irregular verbs. —William Safire, New York Times Magazine, Dec. 12, 1999 An...

Review Excerpts for Language Learnability and Language Development

"A fiercely reasoned, bently written landmark of psychological science." —Roger Brown "Altogether, this book is truly rare. It makes one think about how work should be done in the field, points out many present difficulties insightfully, and is full of interesting proposals and analyses... a...

Silly

This Scientist Can't Stop Thinking About Cycling Famous Leica Photographers The psychologist Steven Pinker, the activist Elizabeth Duval and Adolfo Domínguez invite us to… Think less? Steven Pinker’s Mind Games The Freudian Loafer, the Intellectual and the Politician’s Son Private Eye “First Drafts”...

Reviews for The Blank Slate

UNITED STATES AND CANADA Publishers Weekly Aug. 12, 2002. Kirkus Reviews Aug. 27, 2002. Washington Times (Cal Thomas), Sept. 6, 2002. Library Journal Sept. 1, 2002. New York (John Homans), Sept. 26, 2002. San Diego Tribune (Nancy Jeannette Friedlander), Sept. 29, 2002. LA Times (Fredric Raphael)...

Interviews and Adaptations by the Author

"Steve Pinker demolishes John Horgan's view of war" Why Evolution is True. The Decline of War nad Conceptions of HUman Nature" The Forum: The Decline of War. International Studies Review. "Hey, Foreign Policy, the World Really Is Getting Safer" Foreign Policy "The Long Peace: Systematic Trends and...

Review excerpts for How the Mind Works

Steven Pinker hasn't explained everything in his compelling new book... But he explains a great deal. ... One must read "How the Mind Works" to feel the full force of the case it makes. As lengthy as it is, it will produce a book in the reader's head that is even longer. For it alters completely the...

Articles for The Stuff of Thought

"What the F***", adaptation, The New Republic. "How do we Come up with Words?", adaptation, The Los Angeles Times "Words Don't Mean What they Mean," adaptation, Time "How the Mind Negotiates Reality," New York Academy of Sciences Update. "Can't Find the Words? Make 'em Up," adaptation and video, The...

Enlightenment Now: Interviews and articles

Print Articles & Interviews English Why Do People Love to Hate Steven Pinker? - The Chronicle Review, Mar. 2019 Steven Pinker: Why our world is getting better - 52 Insights , Jan. 4, 2019 Journalists think reporting good news is propaganda or PR, says Harvard professor Steven Pinker - The Times of...