Skeptic: Extraordinary Claims, Revolutionary Ideas, and the Promotion of Science

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Dr. Steven Pinker

The Stuff of Thought:
Language as a Window
into Human Nature

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  • Event Date: Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 2:00 pm
  • Location: Beckman Auditorium (download the campus map)
  • Speaker: Dr. Steven Pinker, Harvard University
  • Tickets: Purchase in advance through the Caltech Public Events Office at 626-395-4652 or toll free at 888-222-5832: $10 Skeptics Society members and Caltech/JPL Community; $15 General Public.

One of the most influential thinkers of our time, Dr. Steven Pinker marries two of the subjects he knows best — language and human nature — into his new book on how words can help explain our nature (for example, what swearing reveals about our emotions or what innuendo discloses about relationships). (more…)