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Books recommended by Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker

  1. One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science (by George Gamow). Recommended by Steven Pinker
  2. The Evolution of Human Sexuality: (by Donald Symons). Recommended by Steven Pinker
  3. The Bias That Divides Us: The Science and Politics of Myside Thinking (by Keith E. Stanovich). Recommended by Steven Pinker
  4. Atrocities: The 100 Deadliest Episodes in Human History (by Matthew White). Recommended by Steven Pinker
  5. Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose (by Francis-Noël Thomas). Recommended by Steven Pinker
  6. The Science of Words: (by George A. Miller). Recommended by Steven Pinker
  7. The Strategy of Conflict: (by Thomas C. Schelling). Recommended by Steven Pinker
  8. Enemies, a Love Story: (by Isaac Bashevis Singer). Recommended by Steven Pinker
  9. Retreat from Doomsday: The Obsolescence of Major War (by John Mueller). Recommended by Steven Pinker
  10. The Mental Life of Modernism: Why Poetry, Painting, and Music Changed at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (by Samuel Jay Keyser). Recommended by Steven Pinker
  11. The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do (by Judith Rich Harris). Recommended by Steven Pinker
  12. 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction (by Rebecca Goldstein). Recommended by Steven Pinker
  13. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World (by David Deutsch). Recommended by Chris Anderson , Mark Bell , Mark Zuckerberg , Naval Ravikant , Patrick Collison , Ryan Shea , Sam Harris , Steven Pinker
  14. Knowledge And Decisions: (by Thomas Sowell). Recommended by Charles Koch , Steven Pinker
  15. Whole Earth Discipline: Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, Restored Wildlands, and Geoengineering Are Necessary (by Stewart Brand). Recommended by Jack Dorsey , Marc Andreessen , Matt Ridley , Patrick Collison , Steven Pinker
  16. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design (by Richard Dawkins). Recommended by Charlie Munger , Jeff Bezos , Steven Pinker , David Deutsch