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Caterina Mongiat Farina

How to Write a Thesis by Umberto Eco, translated by Caterina Mongiat Farina and Geoff Farina

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September 2015, no. 374
Gillian Dooley reviews 'How to Write a Thesis' by Umberto Eco, translated by Caterina Mongiat Farina and Geoff Farina

In 1977, before personal computers and the Internet, Umberto Eco published How to Write a Thesis. It has remained in print ever since, but only now is it available in English. The book hasn’t been updated and makes no concessions to technological change. Space is devoted to card indexes and manual typewrit ...