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Foucault's Pendulum (original title: Il pendolo di Foucault [il ˈpɛndolo di fuˈko]) is a novel by Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first published in 1988, with an English translation by William Weaver being published a year later. [1] The book is divided into segments represented by the ten Sefiroth.
In Foucault's Pendulum (1988), three under-employed editors who work for a minor publishing house decide to amuse themselves by inventing a conspiracy theory. Their conspiracy, which they call "The Plan", is about an immense and intricate plot to take over the world by a secret order descended from the Knights Templar .
The Foucault pendulum or Foucault's pendulum is a simple device named after French physicist Léon Foucault, conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the Earth's rotation. If a long and heavy pendulum suspended from the high roof above a circular area is monitored over an extended period of time, its plane of oscillation appears to change ...
Atrium of Thames House, headquarters of the British Security Service, in acknowledgement of Umberto Eco's "conspiracy" novel Foucault's Pendulum [48] Princes Square shopping centre, Glasgow [49] (Not operating) University of Strathclyde, St Paul's Building, John Street, Glasgow. Length 4.359m. Bob mass 2.525 kg. Period 4.187s.
William Fense Weaver (24 July 1923 – 12 November 2013) [1] was an English language translator of modern Italian literature. [2]Weaver was best known for his translations of the work of Umberto Eco, Primo Levi, and Italo Calvino, [3] but translated many other Italian authors over the course of a career that spanned more than fifty years.
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Franco Cuomo (22 April 1938, in Naples – 23 July 2007, in Rome) [citation needed] was an Italian journalist and writer. [1]Best known for his historical novels set in the Middle Ages, he was short-listed twice for the Strega Award (the most prestigious literary prize in Italy), first with Gunther d'Amalfi, cavaliere templare [2] (Gunter D'Amalfi, Knight Templar) in 1990 and then Il Codice ...
The novel Foucault's Pendulum written by Umberto Eco deals greatly with this establishment, as the Foucault pendulum hung in the museum plays a great role in the storyline. The novel was published in 1988 prior to the pendulum being moved back to the Panthéon during the museum reconstruction. [24]