The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Steven Pinker

784 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative slow-paced

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“If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this—the most inspiring book I've ever read."—Bill Gates (May, 2017)A provocative history of violence—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slat...

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