Language

This book on language is one of a series which looks at the quest for scientific solutions to the mysterious, unanswered questions which surround us in our everyday lives. The book explains how people have sought to explain the mystery of language, throughout history and across different cultures. It examines the recent advances in language research and the thought-provoking conclusions they suggest: that humans are uniquely able to learn language, that we are born with the special ability to learn and invent grammar, and that all the world's languages are descended from one ancestral language. Lesley Newson has also written "Dealing with Dirt and Meatballs and Molecules".