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Serendipities

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ISBN: 9780156007511
author: [意] 翁贝托·埃科
book format: Paperback
other title: Serendipities: Language and Lunacy
publishing house: Mariner Books
publication date: 1999 -11
language: English
price: USD 12.95
number of pages: 144

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Language and Lunacy

[意] 翁贝托·埃科   

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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 u

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