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A U T H O R S @ M I T presents TWO events you won't want to miss this week!

STEVEN PINKER
speaks about his new book           
HOW THE MIND WORKS
TUESDAY, October 7  5:30 pm
MIT 26-100   -   77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

See why Mark Ridley, writing in Sunday's _New York Times Book Review_
says: "No other science writer makes me laugh as much...He is a top-rate
writer, and deserves the superlatives that are lavished on him." 

How do we remember names and faces? Where does common sense come from? 
Why do we fall in love?  What makes us laugh, cry, or act irrationally? 
Steven Pinker discusses his revolutionary ideas about the human mind,
which bring together computational theory with the theory of natural
selection. Pinker offers provocative and controversial insights into what
the brain is designed to do and why.  How the Mind Works explores how
infants learn, how we use our instincts, how we make decisions and why we
take risks, and takes on the range of human emotions and relationships. 
Given Steven Pinker's legendary reputation and sense of humor, his talk at
MIT promises to be a lively event.

"With verve and clarity, the author of _The Language Instinct_ offers a
thought-challenging explanation of why our minds work they way they do...
Fascinating stuff.� �Kirkus
         
Steven Pinker is Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at MIT.
How the Mind Works is published by W. W. Norton. 

Books will be discounted the day of the event. Autographed copies may be
ordered in advance. Please note change in location from our first series
postcard.

AND on THURSDAY authors@mit moves "down the street" temporarily 
to celebrate The 7th First Annual Ig Nobel Awards
at 7:30 pm Sanders Theatre, Harvard

Join us as The MIT Press Bookstore becomes the unofficial official
bookseller of the Ig Nobels. Get your autographed copy of _The Best of
AIR_. You could wait until Marc comes to the authors@mit series at MIT
early next year, but we doubt you can! 

Ticket info 496-2222.

The Best of the Annals of Improbable Research, edited by Marc Abrahams,
emcee of The Ig Nobels is published by W. H. Freeman.

See Nobel prize winners' feet (sic) installed in the window of The MIT
Press Bookstore and the lobby of the Harvard University Art Museums all
this week too.

authors@ mit is a series of talks & readings sponsored by The MIT Press
Bookstore and MIT Humanities & Dewey Libraries.

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