Authors / person-steven-pinker

Steven Pinker

Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

1997—2012

Recognition span

Author in the index

Steven Pinker has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1997 and 2012. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Pulitzer Prize2

Royal Society Science Book Prize2

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1

Cundill History Prize1

Los Angeles Times Book Prize1

Subject profile

Science2

History1

Indexed works

Books by Steven Pinker

3 books · sorted by recognition

How the Mind WorksScience199718 pts The Better Angels of our Nature: A History of Violence and HumanityHistory201112 pts The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human NatureScience20038 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
1997	How the Mind Works	Science	18	1	3	W. W. Norton
2011	The Better Angels of our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity	History	12	0	3	Allen Lane
2003	The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature	Science	8	0	2	Viking

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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