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Serendipities
por Umberto Eco; William Weaver (Translator)
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Brochura
- Condição
- Muito Bom
- ISBN 10
- 0156007517
- ISBN 13
- 9780156007511
- Livreiro
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Cambridge, New York, United States
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Sobre este item
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Very Good. 1999. Trade paperback. Cover surface shows minor, normal wear. Edges and corners show just minor, normal wear. Cover is clean and free of stickers, residue or marks. Binding is tight and pages and covers are secure. Pages are clean and appear to be free of marks or tears. used
Sinopse
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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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Eric Strattman
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 202401211405
- Título
- Serendipities
- Autor
- Umberto Eco; William Weaver (Translator)
- Formato/Encadernação
- Brochura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0156007517
- ISBN 13
- 9780156007511
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Local de publicação
- Orlando, Florida, U.s.a.
- Esta edição foi publicada pela primeira vez
- 1999-11-01
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Literature;
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