Steven Pinker is a professor of psychology at Harvard University and the author of several books, including
How the Mind Works and, most recently,
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature.
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Pinker told
Newsweek about his five most important books. Number One:
"The Blind Watchmaker" by Richard Dawkins.
A lucid explanation of natural selection and a model of elegant science writing.
Read about
the other four titles on Pinker's list.
Related:
Steven Pinker's "five best" list of books that explore human nature.
--Marshal Zeringue