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Enlightenment now : the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress

Author: Steven Pinker
Publisher: New York, New York : Viking, [2018]
Edition/Format:  eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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An assessment of the human condition in the twenty-first century presents data demonstrating that life quality, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise throughout the world because of the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science.
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Genre/Form: Electronic books
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Pinker, Steven, 1954-
Enlightenment now.
New York, New York : Viking, [2018]
(DLC)bl2017051759
(OCoLC)1021883582
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Steven Pinker
ISBN: 9780698177888 0698177886
OCLC Number: 1023432015
Description: 1 online resource (xix, 556 pages) : illustrations.
Responsibility: Steven Pinker.
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An assessment of the human condition in the twenty-first century presents data demonstrating that life quality, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise throughout the world because of the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science.

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