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Serendipities: Language and Lunacy
de Eco, Umberto; William Weaver [Translator]
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London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson / Orion Publishing Group, 1999 First printing of the first British edition. Signed by Umberto Eco directly on the title page. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.
Sinopsis
Serendipities is a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, a brilliant exposition of how unanticipated truths often spring from false ideas. From Leibniz's belief that the I Ching illustrated the principles of calculus to Marco Polo's mistaking a rhinoceros for a unicorn, Umberto Eco offers a dazzling tour of intellectual history, illuminating the ways in which we project the familiar onto the strange to make sense of the world. Uncovering layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, Eco offers with wit and clarity such instances as Columbus's voyage to the New World, the fictions that grew around the Rosicrucians and Knights Templar, and the linguistic endeavors to recreate the language of Babel, to show how serendipities can evolve out of mistakes. With erudition, anecdotes, and scholarly rigor, this new collection of essays is sure to entertain and enlighten any reader with a passion for the curious history of languages and ideas.
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- Título
- Serendipities: Language and Lunacy
- Autor
- Eco, Umberto; William Weaver [Translator]
- Ilustrador
- Hicronymus Bosch
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0297643258
- ISBN 13
- 9780297643258
- Editorial
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson / Orion Publishing Group
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1999
- Palabras clave
- Language, Linguistics, Semiotics, Literary Criticism.
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