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Davidson, Mark was born on September 25, 1928 in New York City.
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For anyone challenged by the changes and controversies in the world's most widely used language: Standard American English. Right, Wrong, and Risky provides simple, direct answers to questions about word choice, spelling, grammar, and punctuation; in straightforward alphabetical order. The answers are supported by thousands of up-to-date published usage examples. And the reader is told not just that particular usages are right or wrong, but why. In addition, Right, Wrong, and Risky warns the reader about risky words like cleave and suspicious, and the many risky situations in which usage authorities disagree about what is and is not acceptable in Standard American English. For every such quandary, this book provides a risk-free solution. Browsers will learn why we tell stage performers to break a leg, why it's not really an insult to call someone a philistine or even a Neanderthal, and why it's wise never to use the word fortuitous or say the word forte aloud.
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Biologist/philosopher Ludwig von Bertalanffy may be the least known major thinker and theoretician of the twentieth century. Bertalanffy left behind a precious legacy: a new way of "seeing" and thinking that he called General Systems Theory. GST shows us how to understand organic and organizational complexities and is a guide for effectively bringing about change. In explaining GST, Mark Davidson guides the reader through the confusing array of current systems approaches: cybernetics; operations research; information, game, and catastrophe theory.
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Davidson, Mark was born on September 25, 1928 in New York City.
Bachelor in Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1948. Master of Science in Journalism, Columbia University, 1950.
Science writer University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1980-1990. Professor communications California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, 1985-1999. Freelance magazine writer.
Faculty adviser Society Professional Journalists, 1993-1996. Writer Steve Allen Show, 1964, Dinah Shore Show, 1978, Columbia Broadcasting System Magazine Series with Connie Chung, 1980. Speaker in field.
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Member of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Society Advancement of Education (associate mass media editor 1997—2001), California Faculty Association (vice president Dominguez Hills chapter 1992-1996), National Writers Union (Los Angeles steering committee 2002-2003), Writers Guild American, Authors Guild, American Medical Writers Association, National Association Science Writers, American Society Journalists and Authors.