LEADER 02611nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910782397703321 005 20230721032928.0 010 $a0-19-772209-1 010 $a1-281-72395-9 010 $a9786611723958 010 $a0-19-971718-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000541055 035 $a(EBL)415606 035 $a(OCoLC)476243624 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000214715 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202570 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214715 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10167241 035 $a(PQKB)10351329 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415606 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10246263 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172395 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415606 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000541055 100 $a20080124d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn the dot$b[electronic resource] $ethe speck that changed the world /$fAlexander Humez, Nicholas Humez 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (269 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-532499-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aIntroduction: 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. Index 606 $aDot (Symbol)$xHistory 615 0$aDot (Symbol)$xHistory. 676 $a411 700 $aHumez$b Alexander$0165052 701 $aHumez$b Nicholas D$01508235 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782397703321 996 $aOn the dot$93739516 997 $aUNINA