![]() It is also, as most reviewers have noted, a model of science writing in the popular vein. How the Mind Works is Pinker's attempt to make evolutionary psychology accessible, and palatable. Pinker's pickle, as we may call his current predicament, occurs at the confluence of several recent trends in the life of the American mind, particularly the book-buying public's lusty appetite for popular science and the snazzy allure of "evolutionary psychology," the latest in a long string of disciplines by which scientists have hoped to explain human behavior to humans. And he was accused of advocating infanticide, which is not. His most ambitious book so far, How the Mind Works, was published to enthusiastic reviews, which is good news for him. The year 1997 was a big one for Steven Pinker, a professor of psychology at MIT and a celebrated popularizer of science. ![]()
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