The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
By: Steven Pinker
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
New York Timesbestselling author Steven Pinker possesses that rare combination of scientific aptitu…
Want to ReadIf you liked the nonfiction plot in The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature by Steven Pinker , here is a list of 13 books like this:
1. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
By: Daniel J. Levitin
4.18
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life--even if yo… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Daniel J. Levitin's This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
- neuroscience
- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
2. Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag
By: Henry Rollins
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
As a member of the seminal punk band Black Flag, Henry Rollins kept detailed tour diaries that form… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Henry Rollins's Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
- nonfiction
3. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
By: Oliver Sacks , V.S. Ramachandran , Sandra Blakeslee
2.90
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Oliver Sacks's Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
- neuroscience
- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
4. Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana
By: Michael Azerrad
3.50
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album Neve… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Michael Azerrad's Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
- nonfiction
Similar categories in Maira Kalman's The Principles of Uncertainty book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
- philosophy
- nonfiction
6. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
By: Alex Ross
3.00
Format: 76 pages, Hardcover
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Centuryis a voyage into the labyrinth of modern music… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Alex Ross's The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
- nonfiction
7. Consciousness Explained
By: Daniel C. Dennett
3.90
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
"Brilliant...as audacious as its title....Mr. Dennett's exposition is nothing short of brilliant." … read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Daniel C. Dennett's Consciousness Explained book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
- psychology
- philosophy
- neuroscience
- nonfiction
- science
"Philosophers' Syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity."-Daniel C. Dennett, Consciousness Explained
"Our fundamental tactic of self-protection, self-control, and self-definition is not spinning webs or building dams, but telling stories, and more particularly connecting and controlling the story we …"-Daniel C. Dennett, Consciousness Explained
"This 'web of discourses' as Robyn called it...is as much a biological product as any of the other constructions to be found in the animal world. (Clothes too, are part of the extended phenotype of Ho…"-Daniel C. Dennett, Consciousness Explained
"There is a species of primate in South America more gregarious than most other mammals, with a curious behavior.The members of this species often gather in groups, large and small, and in the course …"-Daniel C. Dennett, Consciousness Explained
8. Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
By: Charles R. Cross
4.17
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Charles R. Cross's Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
- nonfiction
"One of these days, I'm going to astral project myself up into the skies," he boasted. "I'll be going to the stars and the moon. I want to fly and see what's up there. "I want to go up to the sky," he…"-Charles R. Cross, Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
"They drove to the parking lot of Garfield High School, where Jimi pointed to the windows on the building and told Carmen what classes were held there. The building had a pull that had him returning w…"-Charles R. Cross, Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
9. I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
By: Pamela Des Barres , Dave Navarro
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
The stylish, exuberant, and remarkably sweet confession of one of the most famous groupies of the 1… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Pamela Des Barres's I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
- nonfiction
10. The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
By: Steven Pinker
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
New York Timesbestselling author Steven Pinker possesses that rare combination of scientific aptitu… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
- linguistics
- language
- psychology
- philosophy
- neuroscience
- nonfiction
- science
11. The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
By: Sharon Begley , None
4.06
Format: 663 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of science that confirms, for the first time, the independent existence of th… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Sharon Begley's The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
12. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
By: Nick Flynn
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
Nick Flynn met his father when he was working as a caseworker in a homeless shelter in Boston. As a… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Nick Flynn's Another Bullshit Night in Suck City book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
13. Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
By: Guy Deutscher
4.75
Format: None pages,
A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny qu… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Guy Deutscher's Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
14. Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division
By: Deborah Curtis , Jon Savage
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is an account of the mesmerising life and tragic death of Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Divis… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Deborah Curtis's Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
15. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
By: Oliver Sacks
3.92
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a H… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Oliver Sacks's Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
16. Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?
By: Steven Tyler
3.93
Format: None pages,
"I've been mythicized, Mick-icized, eulogized and fooligized, I've been Cole-Portered and farmer's-… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Steven Tyler's Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
17. The Mind's Eye
By: Oliver Sacks
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks explored music and the brain; now, in The Mind's Eye, he writes about… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Oliver Sacks's The Mind's Eye book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
18. Autobiography
By: Morrissey
3.96
Format: 286 pages, Paperback
Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Morrissey's Autobiography book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
19. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
Want to Read $ 18.99Similar categories in Robert M. Sapolsky's Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
- psychology
- philosophy
- neuroscience
- nonfiction
- science
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
20. The Rest Is Noise Series: Apparition from the Woods: The Loneliness of Jean Sibelius (Time for a Rhyme)
By: Alex Ross
3.81
Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition
This is a chapter from Alex Ross’s groundbreaking history of twentieth-century classical music, ‘Th… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Alex Ross's The Rest Is Noise Series: Apparition from the Woods: The Loneliness of Jean Sibelius (Time for a Rhyme) book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
- nonfiction
21. Proust Was a Neuroscientist
By: Jonah Lehrer
3.85
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Since the dawn of the modern age, science's greatest contribution to the world has been its ability… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Jonah Lehrer's Proust Was a Neuroscientist book and Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
- psychology
- philosophy
- neuroscience
- nonfiction
- science
"To have a style is to be stuck."-Jonah Lehrer, Proust Was a Neuroscientist
"Science has discovered that, like any work of literature, the human genome is a text in need of commentary, for what Eliot said of poetry is also true of DNA: 'all meanings depend on the key of inter…"-Jonah Lehrer, Proust Was a Neuroscientist
