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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Etat : New. In.

Paperback. Etat : Good. 1094 pages. cover worn, bumped, This title is shortlisted for the samuel johnson prize 2012. This acclaimed s teven pinker, author of the language instinct and the blank slate, argues th at, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent,

Softcover. Etat : New. 1st thus. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 58 pages. An excerpt from 'How the Mind Works'. Explores the desire for happiness, the power of emotions. our capacity for self-deception and how love can conquer all.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - From one of the world's most celebrated intellectuals, a brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other's thoughts about each other's thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossible, but Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the time. This awareness, which we experience as something that is public or 'out there,' is called common knowledge, and it has a momentous impact on our social, political, and economic lives.Common knowledge is necessary for coordination, for making arbitrary but complementary choices like driving on the right, using paper currency, and coalescing behind a political leader or movement. It's also necessary for social coordination: everything from rendezvousing at a time and place to speaking the same language to forming enduring relationships of friendship, romance, or authority. Humans have a sixth sense for common knowledge, and we create it with signals like laughter, tears, blushing, eye contact, and blunt speech. But people also go to great lengths to avoid common knowledge-to ensure that even if everyone knows something, they can't know that everyone else knows they know it. And so we get rituals like benign hypocrisy, veiled bribes and threats, sexual innuendo, and pretending not to see the elephant in the room. Pinker shows how the hidden logic of common knowledge can make sense of many of life's enigmas: financial bubbles and crashes, revolutions that come out of nowhere, the posturing and pretense of diplomacy, the eruption of social media shaming mobs and academic cancel culture, the awkwardness of a first date. Artists and humorists have long mined the intrigues of common knowledge, and Pinker liberally uses their novels, jokes, cartoons, films, and sitcom dialogues to illuminate social life's tragedies and comedies. Along the way he answers questions like: Why do people hoard toilet paper at the first sign of an emergency Why are Super Bowl ads filled with ads for crypto Why, in American presidential primary voting, do citizens typically select the candidate they believe is preferred by others rather than their favorite Why did Russian authorities arrest a protester who carried a blank sign Why is it so hard for nervous lovers to say goodbye at the end of a phone call Why does everyone agree that if we were completely honest all the time, life would be unbearable Consistently riveting in explaining the paradoxes of human behavior, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows. invites us to understand the ways we try to get into each other's heads and the harmonies, hypocrisies, and outrages that result.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -From one of the world's most celebrated intellectuals, a brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other's thoughts about each other's thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossible, but Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the time. This awareness, which we experience as something that is public or 'out there,' is called common knowledge, and it has a momentous impact on our social, political, and economic lives.Common knowledge is necessary for coordination, for making arbitrary but complementary choices like driving on the right, using paper currency, and coalescing behind a political leader or movement. It's also necessary for social coordination: everything from rendezvousing at a time and place to speaking the same language to forming enduring relationships of friendship, romance, or authority. Humans have a sixth sense for common knowledge, and we create it with signals like laughter, tears, blushing, eye contact, and blunt speech. But people also go to great lengths to avoid common knowledge-to ensure that even if everyone knows something, they can't know that everyone else knows they know it. And so we get rituals like benign hypocrisy, veiled bribes and threats, sexual innuendo, and pretending not to see the elephant in the room. Pinker shows how the hidden logic of common knowledge can make sense of many of life's enigmas: financial bubbles and crashes, revolutions that come out of nowhere, the posturing and pretense of diplomacy, the eruption of social media shaming mobs and academic cancel culture, the awkwardness of a first date. Artists and humorists have long mined the intrigues of common knowledge, and Pinker liberally uses their novels, jokes, cartoons, films, and sitcom dialogues to illuminate social life's tragedies and comedies. Along the way he answers questions like: Why do people hoard toilet paper at the first sign of an emergency Why are Super Bowl ads filled with ads for crypto Why, in American presidential primary voting, do citizens typically select the candidate they believe is preferred by others rather than their favorite Why did Russian authorities arrest a protester who carried a blank sign Why is it so hard for nervous lovers to say goodbye at the end of a phone call Why does everyone agree that if we were completely honest all the time, life would be unbearable Consistently riveting in explaining the paradoxes of human behavior, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows. invites us to understand the ways we try to get into each other's heads and the harmonies, hypocrisies, and outrages that result. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -From one of the world's most celebrated intellectuals, a brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other's thoughts about each other's thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossible, but Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the time. This awareness, which we experience as something that is public or 'out there,' is called common knowledge, and it has a momentous impact on our social, political, and economic lives.Common knowledge is necessary for coordination, for making arbitrary but complementary choices like driving on the right, using paper currency, and coalescing behind a political leader or movement. It's also necessary for social coordination: everything from rendezvousing at a time and place to speaking the same language to forming enduring relationships of friendship, romance, or authority. Humans have a sixth sense for common knowledge, and we create it with signals like laughter, tears, blushing, eye contact, and blunt speech. But people also go to great lengths to avoid common knowledge-to ensure that even if everyone knows something, they can't know that everyone else knows they know it. And so we get rituals like benign hypocrisy, veiled bribes and threats, sexual innuendo, and pretending not to see the elephant in the room. Pinker shows how the hidden logic of common knowledge can make sense of many of life's enigmas: financial bubbles and crashes, revolutions that come out of nowhere, the posturing and pretense of diplomacy, the eruption of social media shaming mobs and academic cancel culture, the awkwardness of a first date. Artists and humorists have long mined the intrigues of common knowledge, and Pinker liberally uses their novels, jokes, cartoons, films, and sitcom dialogues to illuminate social life's tragedies and comedies. Along the way he answers questions like: Why do people hoard toilet paper at the first sign of an emergency Why are Super Bowl ads filled with ads for crypto Why, in American presidential primary voting, do citizens typically select the candidate they believe is preferred by others rather than their favorite Why did Russian authorities arrest a protester who carried a blank sign Why is it so hard for nervous lovers to say goodbye at the end of a phone call Why does everyone agree that if we were completely honest all the time, life would be unbearable Consistently riveting in explaining the paradoxes of human behavior, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows. invites us to understand the ways we try to get into each other's heads and the harmonies, hypocrisies, and outrages that result. Englisch.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. reprint edition. 672 pages. 9.25x6.12x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld Englisch.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First UK Edition. First UK edition large 8vo. Mild wear to unclipped jacket, good black boards, sound binding, excellent internal condition.

Etat : New. &Uumlber den AutorSteven Pinker is a Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. He conducts research on language and cognition writes for publications such as the New York Tim.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. reprint edition. 672 pages. 9.25x6.12x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Etat : Very good.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Slightly worn cover.

Etat : New in shrinkwrap. Presumed 1st printing. Original thesis by a leading cognitive scientist. Mint new copy. 6 x 9-1/4, 348 pp, index, references, notes, glossary, b/w illus. Trade Paperback in white illus wraps.

hardcover. Etat : Very Good in Dustjacket. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. y. New York. 2007. September 2007. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780670063277. 499 pages. hardcover. keywords: Language Psychology Philosophy. DESCRIPTION - New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker possesses that rare combination of scientific aptitude and verbal eloquence that enables him to provide lucid explanations of deep and powerful ideas. His previous books - including the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Blank Slate - have catapulted him into the limelight as one of today's most important and popular science writers. Now, in The Stuff of Thought, Pinker marries two of the subjects he knows best: language and human nature. The result is a fascinating look at how our words explain our nature. What does swearing reveal about our emotions? Why does innuendo disclose something about relationships? Pinker reveals how our use of prepositions and tenses taps into peculiarly human concepts of space and time, and how our nouns and verbs speak to our notions of matter. Even the names we give our babies have important things to say about our relations to our children and to society. With his signature wit and style, Pinker takes on scientific questions like whether language affects thought, as well as forays into everyday life - why is bulk e-mail called spam and how do romantic comedies get such mileage out of the ambiguities of dating? The Stuff of Thought is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable work that will appeal to fans of readers of everything from The Selfish Gene and Blink to Eats, Shoots & Leaves. inventory #42368.

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. 2nd printing 2009. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Includes slipcase. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Andy Martin (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Still in publisher's shrink wrap.

paperback. Etat : Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 2007 Folio Society, in Slipcase. Slipcase has sun fading to back side. Book clean and bright, in Very Goood, mark-free condition ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 447 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Pleasant decorative Folio Society editions of Darwin's key works: On the Origin of Species by the Means of Natural Selection (2007, fourth printing); The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals & the Autobiography (2008, first thus); Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Counties visited during The Voyage of the HMS Beagle (2007, fourth printing); The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (2008, first thus). With colour images. Introductions by Richard Keynes, Richard Dawkins and Stephen Pinker. Complete with slipcases. Some mild shelfwear to slipcases. Volumes are crisp and pristine. Fine condition. *Due to size and weight extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orders*.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. 1st Edition. Superlative FIRST PRINTING of this heirloom quality edition from Folio.An as new hardback with a silver blocked title on the spine, safe inside a slipcase. All pages, text and illustrations are in fabulous, clean, unread condition. Set in Granjon at The Folio Society. Printed on Abbey Wove Paper, which will not go yellow. Book has fine typography, as is customary with this distinguished publisher. Quarter bound in cloth by Hunter & Foulis, Edinburgh with Modigliani Paper sides printed with a design by the artist, Andy Martin.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. xvii, 412pp, illustrations, notes, references. 'What it is, Why it seems scarce, Why it matters.' or to quote Russell 'Most people would rather die than think; in fact they do so.' Very light wear, signed to title page. 850g. Signed by Author(s).

Etat : Fine. Number of pages: 312+325p Size: 19cm.

Etat : Fine. Number of pages: 312+325p Size: 19cm.

Etat : Fine. Number of books: 2.