Steven Pinker
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A Sense Of Style
Does writing well matter in an age of instant communication? More than ever before, the currency of our social and cultural lives is the written form, from Twitter and texting to blogs, e-readers and old-fashioned books.
Drawing on the latest research in linguistics and cognitive science, Steve Pinker replaces the recycled dogma of style guides with reason and evidence. Funny and thoughtful, he explains why style still matters: in communicating effectively, in enhancing the spread of ideas, in earning a reader’s trust and, not least, in adding beauty to the world.
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker is an award-winning cognitive scientist, public intellectual and Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He’s also the lauded…
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