Clash of Symbols A ride through the riches of glyphs /

• Main Author: Webb, Stephen (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Mathematics.; Technology.; Humanities.; Computer science.; Popular Science in Physics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Popular Science in Mathematics.; Popular Science in Technology.; Popular Science in Humanities / Arts.; Popular Computer Science.

From the ampersat and amerpsand, via smileys and runes to the ubiquitous presence of mathematical and other symbols in sciences and technology: both old and modern documents abound with many familiar as well as lesser known characters, symbols and other glyphs. Yet, who would be readily able to answ...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Character sketches
• Signs of the times
• Signs and wonders
• It's Greek to me
• Meaningless marks on paper
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index.