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A passionate defence of the enduring power of human nature ...
This is a breath of air for a topic that has been politicized for too long'
Economist. this book is required reading'
Literary Review '
An original and vital contribution to science and also a rattling good read'
Matt Ridley, Sunday Telegraph '
Startling ... enjoyable, informative, clear, humane'
New Scientist '
If you think the nature-nurture debate has been resolved, you are wrong ... '
Brilliant ...
To acknowledge our innate abilities, Pinker shows, is not to condone inequality, but to understand the very foundations of humanity.
Violence is not just a product of society; male and female minds are different; the genes we give our children shape them more than our parenting practices.
But this denies the heart of our being: human nature. both life-affirming and deeply satisfying'
Daily Telegraph Recently many people have assumed that we are Blank slates shaped by our environment. '
A passionate defence of the enduring power of human nature ..
