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Which book, the title of which references a device to demonstrate Earth's rotation, is a satirical and literarily playful novel by an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, political and social commentator?

posted Jan 10, 2022 by Anuradha Tabyal

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Foucault's Pendulum
The writer is Umberto Eco. His novels also include "The Name of the Rose", "The Island of the Day Before", "Baudolino", "The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana", "The Prague Cemetery" and "Numero Zero". From 2008 to the time of his death at the age of 84, he was a professor emeritus at the University of Bologna, where he had taught since 1971. He has also written many non-fiction works, published from 1956 to 2017.

answer Jan 11, 2022 by Samardeep Acharya
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