How the Mind Works

Steven Pinker author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:2nd Apr '15

Should be back in stock very soon

How the Mind Works cover

Why do we laugh?
What makes memories fade?
Why do people believe in ghosts?

How the Mind Works explores every aspect of mental life, showing that our minds are not a mystery, but a system of organs of computation designed by natural selection.

'Powerful and gripping . . . To have read it is to have consulted a first draft of the structural plan of the human psyche . . . a glittering tour de force.' Spectator 'Witty popular science that you enjoy reading for the writing as well as for the science.' The New York Times 'How the Mind Works will change the way your mind works.' The Times

ISBN: 9780141980782

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 29mm

Weight: 471g

688 pages