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Serendipities : Language and Lunacy.

In a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, Eco shows us how serendipities--unanticipated truths--often spring from mistaken ideas. Eco uncovers layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, such as Columbus's assumption that the world was much smaller than it is, leading him to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eco, Umberto
Otros Autores: Weaver, William, 1923-2013
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 1998.
Colección:Italian Academy lectures.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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