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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Eco, Umberto
Other Authors: Weaver, William, 1923-2013
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1998.
Series:Italian Academy lectures.
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