Steven Pinker's Book Recommendations

"Fascinating, important new book by friend & former colleague."

"Fascinating, important new book by friend & former colleague."

"Stanovich's important book:"

"This is the book for our era."

"Perhaps the best display of expository scientific prose of the twentieth century."

"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."

"A delightful introduction to number theory, Einstein’s theory of relativity, higher dimensions, and other mathematical and scientific topics."

"The founding document of evolutionary psychology, filled with insights about sex and the sexes, and more relevant than ever with #metoo."

"Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book."

"When it came out 10 years ago I said it was the best book either of us had ever written. Authors are always proudest of their latest, but this remains a masterpiece: Thirty-Six 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 recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book."

"This 21st-century statement of the ideals of the Enlightenment offers fresh insight on a vast number of topics."

"Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book."

"A grandmother from New Jersey uses genetics, ethnography, and child psychology to refute the dogma that parents shape their children's intelligence and personality."

"An allusion to [the author]'s groundbreaking 'Whole Earth Catalog,' which merged technology with the counterculture and encouraged global consciousness."

"Perhaps the best analysis of writing style."

"Steven Pinker recommended this book in the "Tribe of Mentors" book."

"About a holocaust survivor who ends up with three wives. Every scene is a goldmine of insight about human nature."

"Just finished a fascinating book - Don't Trust Your Gut, by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz (author of Everybody Lies). Classic psych finding: data out-predicts intuition. SS-D cites recent big data on happiness, love, career success, & more. via @amazon"

"An enlightening conversation: @JohnRWoodJr of Braver Angels speaks with @jon_rauch on his vitally important book on truth in our time, The Constitution of Knowledge. Highly recommended."

"Kenny's earlier book "Getting Better" was a major inspiration for my Enlightenment Now. Also recommended: His new history of pandemics, and his cheeky "Close the Pentagon" (related to Mueller's The Stupidity of War)."

"Kenny's earlier book "Getting Better" was a major inspiration for my Enlightenment Now. Also recommended: His new history of pandemics, and his cheeky "Close the Pentagon" (related to Mueller's The Stupidity of War)."

"A fascinating new book on language and social relations by Katherine Kinzler | How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do―And What It Says About You via @amazon"

"I've learned a lot from Daniel Chirot's books on autocrats, genocide, & the Enlightenment. His new book on radical revolution is especially timely. He discusses it here w @michaelshermer"