02611nam 2200565 a 450 991078239770332120230721032928.00-19-772209-11-281-72395-997866117239580-19-971718-4(CKB)1000000000541055(EBL)415606(OCoLC)476243624(SSID)ssj0000214715(PQKBManifestationID)11202570(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214715(PQKBWorkID)10167241(PQKB)10351329(Au-PeEL)EBL415606(CaPaEBR)ebr10246263(CaONFJC)MIL172395(MiAaPQ)EBC415606(EXLCZ)99100000000054105520080124d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn the dot[electronic resource] the speck that changed the world /Alexander Humez, Nicholas HumezOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-532499-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; 1 Time and Chance: Punctuality and the Coin Toss; 2 Dit Dah: Codes to Sigh For; 3 With a Bullet: Checklists and Dingbats; 4 ... And a Half: Musical Dots; 5 For Short: Mr., Sr., et al.; 6 Dot Dot Dot: Ellipses, Lacunae, and Missing Links; 7 Stet: Emendations of Immortality; 8 Ninety-Eight Point Six: Decimals and Determinings; 9 Dot Com: Computation Punctuation; 10 Bang! The Dot Meets the Family; 11 Period: The End Point; Afterword and Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIntroduction: The Tiniest Sign. Time and Chance: Punctuality and the Coin Toss. Dit Dah: Codes to Sigh For. With a Bullet: Checklists and Dingbats. And a Half: Musical Dots. For Short: Mr., Sr., et al. Dot Dot Dot: Ellipses, Lacunae, and Missing Links. Stet: Emendations of Immortality. Ninety-Eight Point Six: Decimals and Determinings. Dot Com: Computation Punctuation. Bang!: The Dot Meets The Family. Period: The End Point. Afterword and Acknowledgements. Notes. Bibliography. IndexDot (Symbol)HistoryDot (Symbol)History.411Humez Alexander165052Humez Nicholas D1508235MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782397703321On the dot3739516UNINA