Steven Pinker picks 5 books about science that you don’t have to be a genius to enjoy

Steven Pinker is a psychologist, linguist, and author whose new book, Enlightenment Now: The Case For Reason, Science, Humanism, And Progress attempts to ease your general feelings of despair by using science to prove that things in the world are generally getting better. We had Pinker recommend five books about science that anyone can pick up and enjoy.