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Wittgenstein, a Oneâ€“Way Ticket, and Other Unforeseen Benefits of Studying Chinese

By (author) Perry Link

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Whatever specific goal motivated people who study Chinese at first eventually dissolves into the larger Chinese world, and that worldâ€”its loves and joys, its stings and frustrations, in any case its incapability of being boringâ€”takes over. This book collects essays from native speakers of English who studied Chinese, learned it unusually well, and then used it in very successful careers in journalism, business, government work, and academe. Many of essays show that answers to the question of â€œwhat difference is made?â€ can have a charming unpredictability. The ten essays converge on some important points: that speaking Chinese leads much more quickly to deeper trust with Chinese people than can be had through speaking English or by using translation; that thinking â€œinsideâ€ the Chinese language in some ways offers different ways to understand the world. This book is unique in the language-teaching field. It can also be an eye-opener for a general reader who believes that learning a second language is a simple matter of switching codes and does not realize how life-changing the embrace of a different language can be.

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The Order of Time

Carlo Rovelli
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224 pages
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Originally published in Italian: L'ordine del tempo (Milan: Adelphi Edizioni, 2017).

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The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future

Mustafa Suleyman
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Helgoland: The Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics

Carlo Rovelli
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