Books by Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University and a New York Times bestselling author. He conducts research on language, cognition, and social relations, writes for publications such as the New York Times, Time and The Atlantic. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Humanist of the Year, a recipient of nine honorary doctorates, and one of Foreign Policy’s “World’s Top 100 Public Intellectuals” and Time’s “100 Most Influential People in the World Today.” In this collection, you'll explore his work, explores the faculty that sets us apart from other species, and discover just how much progress we’ve made since the eighteenth century.