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ISBN 978-1-4426-2853-3 (paper)
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De Looze, Laurence, author
The letter and the cosmos : how the alphabet has shaped the Western view of the world / Laurence de Looze.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4426-5060-2 (cloth).–ISBN 978-1-4426-2853-3 (paper)
1. Alphabet – History. 2. Civilization, Western. I. Title.
P211.D44 2016 411 C2015-908590-X
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