The Word Detective : A Life in Words: From Serendipity to Selfie Asian Authors This is a book that

This is a book that none of us can afford to ignore - an agenda-setting

award-winning science journalist David Robson shows how to build a cognitive toolkit to help us all maximise our full potential

Dexter Dias takes us on a globe-spanning journey in search of answers

By Author(s):CHARLES ALLEN

ISBN: 9781472130570

The Word Detective : A Life in Words: From Serendipity to Selfie Asian Authors This is a book thatBook Title: Word Detective P Language is always changing. No one knows where it is going but the best way to future cast is to look at the past. John Simpson animates for us a tradition of researching and editing, showing us both the technical lexicography needed to understand a word, and the careful poetry needed to construct its definition. He challenges both the idea that dictionaries are definitive, and the notion that language is falling apart.