Serendipities: Language and Lunacy by Umberto Eco

Serendipities: Language and Lunacy

Umberto Eco

144 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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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 mi...

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