When and how and why did we come up with the idea of an index? Dennis Duncan will be here to talk about his book “Index, A History of the.” What happens when a violinist’s recently discovered ...

Almost all books come with indexes in the back. These sections identify the most frequently-used words in the book, and list the pages those words appear on. Authors (generally) do not create these ...

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Host Scott Tong speaks with Dennis Duncan, author of "Index, a History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age." The new book explores the development of those things ...