{"product_id":"the-letter-and-the-cosmos-9781442628533","title":"The Letter and the Cosmos","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Letter and the Cosmos is a sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet, \"The Letter and the Cosmos\" is illustrated with copious examples of the visual and linguistic phenomena which de Looze describes. Read it, and you'll never look at the alphabet the same way again.\" -- Paul T Vogel Midwest Book Review, August 5, 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Introduction  Ancient Greek Letters  Latin Letters and the Enduring Influence of Roman Scripts  Christian Letters  The Letters of Humanism  Baroque Variations and the Search for a Universal Language  Logical Letters: The Alphabet in the Age of Reason  The Alphabets of the Industrialized World  From Modern Experiments to Post-Modern Experiences  Into the New Millennium","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408355664215,"sku":"9781442628533","price":21.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442628533.jpg?v=1730502568","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-letter-and-the-cosmos-9781442628533","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}