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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.
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TTTA extracted 53 structured relationships around Foucault's Pendulum. Examples in this analysis include Foucault's Pendulum → Author → Umberto Eco and Foucault's Pendulum → Genre → Postmodern literature. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foucault's Pendulum | Author | Umberto Eco | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Genre | Postmodern literature | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Genre | encyclopedic novel | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | ISBN | .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Language | Italian | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Media type | Print (Hardcover) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | OCLC | 49337876 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Original title | Il pendolo di Foucault | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Pages | 687 pp. (Italian) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Pages | 641 pp. (English) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Publication date | October 1988 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Publication place | Italy | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Published in English | 16 October 1989 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Publisher | Bompiani | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Publisher | Secker & Warburg (U.K.) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Translator | William Weaver | 1.00 | infobox |
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For Foucault's Pendulum, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Foucault's Pendulum with Comparison with other writings. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Foucault's Pendulum to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Themes & Literary Connections, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Foucault's Pendulum · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout