I’ve been hoodwinked too many times by well-reviewed pop-sci books which I later discovered to be hated by the actual scientists who do the work. Quantum Supremacy by Michio Kaku was the final straw 😆

Cheers!

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    Steven Pinker’s The Language Instinct is a famously great, engaging, and approachable introduction to the field of linguistics for anyone interested.

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      And if you want to learn about grammar, you should read Eats, Shoots, and Leaves. It’ll really make you appreciate how vapid and smug precrptivists are.