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  THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE: A History of Violence and Humanity by Steven Pinker (Penguin UK, London) Paperback: 832 pages ISBN: 9780141034645Price: AUD$29.99   Reviewed by Peter Madison   Harvard linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker has added to his growing bibliography of popular science books an account of “violence and humanity”. The…