Serendipities

Umberto Eco unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the 'linguistics of the lunatic', stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world.

Preface
1. The Force of Falsity
2. Languages in Paradise
3. From Marco Polo to Leibniz: Stories of Intellectual Misunderstandings
4. The Language of the Austral Land
5. The Linguistics of Joseph de Maistre
Notes
Index