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

802 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 S...

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