On the Dot: The Speck That Changed the World
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On the Dot: The Speck That Changed the World

On the Dot: The Speck That Changed the World

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In On the Dot, Alexander and Nicholas Humez offer a wide ranging, entertaining account of this much overlooked and minuscule linguistic sign. The Humez brothers shed light on the dot in all its various forms. As a mark of punctuation, they show, it plays many roles--as sentence stopper, a constituent of the colon, and the ellipsis (dot dot dot). In musical notation, it denotes "and a half." In computerese, it has several different functions (as in dot com and the marker between a file name and its extension). The dot also plays a number of roles in mathematics, in Morse code (dots and dashes), and in the raised dots of Braille.
ASIN: 0195324994
VSKU: BVV.0195324994.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Humez, Alexander|Humez, Nicholas
Binding: Hardcover
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Book has little sign of wear or use

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