Name: atrocities: the 100 deadliest episodes in human history (in English)
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Author: Steven Pinker
ISBN: 9780393345230

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Matthew White

Preface by

Steven Pinker

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

688

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.1 x 17.8 x 4.8 cm

Weight

1.09 kg.

ISBN

0393345238

ISBN13

9780393345230

Synopsis "atrocities: the 100 deadliest episodes in human history (in English)"

Evangelists of human progress meet their opposite in Matthew White's epic examination of history's one hundred most violent events, or, in White's piquant phrasing, "the numbers that people want to argue about." Reaching back to the Second Persian War in 480 BCE and moving chronologically through history, White surrounds hard facts (time and place) and succinct takeaways (who usually gets the blame?) with lively military, social, and political histories.

Steven Pinker

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Steven Pinker es un psicólogo experimental que realiza investigaciones en cognición visual, psicolingüística y relaciones sociales. Es licenciado en McGill y tiene un doctorado en Harvard. Actualmente es Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology en Harvard y ha enseñado en Stanford y MIT. Ha ganado numerosos premios por investigaciones, enseñanza y sus libros. Es miembro electo de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias. Escribe con frecuencia en el New York Times y The Guardian.

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