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This fascinating, provocative book explores the mysteries of human thought and behavior, using "reverse engineering"--determining what natural selection designed the mind to accomplish in a hunting-and-gathering environment--to explain how the mind stores and uses information. Illustrations.
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How the Mind Works, Steven Pinker
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- How the Mind Works
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Steven Pinker
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0393318486
- ISBN13
- 9780393318487
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Science & Math, Natural sciences, Philosophy, Psychology, Biology, Science, Ghosts and Apparitions, Evolution, Neuroscience, Brain
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- This fascinating, provocative book explores the mysteries of human thought and behavior, using "reverse engineering"--determining what natural selection designed the mind to accomplish in a hunting-and-gathering environment--to explain how the mind stores and uses information. Illustrations.