Serendipities: Language & Lunacy

In a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, Eco shows us how serendipities-unanticipated truths-often spring from mistaken ideas. From Leibniz's belief that the I Ching illustrated the principles of calculus to Marco Polo's mistaking a rhinoceros for a unicorn, Eco tours the labyrinth of intellectual history, illuminating the ways in which we project the familiar onto the strange.

Author: Umberto Eco
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 06/10/2014
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780231111355

About the Author
Umberto Eco is the author of five best-selling novels and numerous collections of essays. He is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna and lives in Italy.