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Serendipities: Language and Lunacy
Umberto Eco
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| #672981 in Books | 1999-11-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.36 x5.25l,.39 | File type: PDF | 144 pages | language | Philosophy | semiotics||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Four Stars|By Marco Lalama Gross|Eco was the master|1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Two of the essays were interesting but overall you have to be into the science of theorigin of words to enjoy.|By Grady Holley|This book is for the linguist. Two of the essays were interesting but overall you have to be into t|.com |The multitalented Umberto Eco--novelist, critic, and literary theorist--turns his attention to the history of linguistics. In linguistics, as in the other sciences, Eco explains, there are serendipities: "Even the most lunatic experiments can produce stra
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 mistak...
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