1 Through The Looking Glass
1(25)
How many words is a picture worth?
24(2)
2 G. K. Zipf And The Fossil Hunters
26(27)
Burnt, baby, burnt
51(2)
3 Armchair Lexicographerologists
53(28)
Daddy, where do babysitters come from?
79(2)
4 7.5 Minutes Of Fame
81(41)
One giant leapfrog for mankind
120(2)
5 The Sound Of Silence
122(30)
Two rights make another right
150(2)
6 The Persistence Of Memory
152(33)
Mommy, where do Martians come from?
182(3)
7 Utopia, Dystopia, And Dat(A)Topia
185(28)
Appendix: Great Battles Of History 213(25)
Acknowledgments 238(5)
Notes 243(30)
Index 273