On the dot: the speck that changed the world

Preface

1. Time and Chance: Punctuality and the Coin Toss

2. Dit Dah: Codes to Sigh For

3. With a Bullet: Checklists and Dingbats

4. ... And a Half: Musical Dots

5. For Short: Mr., Sr., et al.

6. Dot Dot Dot: Ellipses, Lacunae, and Missing Links

7. Stet: Emendations of Immortality

8. Ninety-Eight Point Six: Decimals and Determinings

9. Dot Com: Computation Punctuation

10. Bang! The Dot Meets the Family

11. Period: The End Point

Afterword and Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index