How the mind works s pinker (penguin, 1998)

# # # # 'E ACCLAIMED BESTSELLER BY THE AUTHOR OF A THE LANGUAGE INSTINCT ill (ITTY, LUCID AND ULTIMATELY ENTHRALLING' OBSERVER STEVEN PINKER o • 'Presented with extraordinary lucidity, cogency and panache Powerful and gripping To have read [the book] is to have consulted a first draft of the structural plan of the human psyche a glittering tour deforce' Hugh Lawson-Tancred, Spectator In this brilliant and controversial book, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading cognitive scientists, explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, interact, enjoy the arts and ponder the mysteries of life And he does it with the clarity and style that earned The Language Instinct worldwide critical acclaim and several major prizes Pinker has a knack tor making the profound seem obvious of evolutionary insights' Economist A landmark in popular science Independent A fascinating bag A major public asset' MarekKohn, A model of scientific writing: erudite, witty and clear An excellent book' Steve Jones, New York Review of Books 'Marks out the territory on which the coming century's debate about human nature will be held' Oliver Morton, The New Yorker 'Pinker has a remarkable capacity to explain difficult ideas and he writes with the comic verve ol Martin Amis or Woody Allen Haw the Mind Works will change the way your mind works' Elaine Showalter The Times Cover illu*rracion by Haw nil Subbiah Author photograph: Bethany Versoy PENGUIN ISBN 0J4491-3 Science U.K £9.99 AUST S 19.95 (recommended) 90201 78OU0 M 24