{"product_id":"9780887721144_its-greek-to-the-computer","title":"It's Greek to the Computer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's Greek to the Computer\u003c\/i\u003e should help to settle some very old and central issues that have nagged Classical scholars for a long time. These issues concern the authenticity and the authorship of certain texts that have been attributed to Plato, to Aristotle, to both Plato and Aristotle, and to third parties. The fascinating question: was there a Homer? is also dealt with in a most original and provocative way.\u003cbr\u003e In contrast to the older stylometrics which studied uncommon words, the new stresses the study of the most common words, for these lend themselves to statistical analysis. Professor Morton has presented a thorough introduction to the method of the new stylometrics in this volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The kind of investigation represented here can best be carried out by a \"team\" of computer specialists, statisticians, and Classicists. The team in this case is composed of A.Q. Morton of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, his colleague Professor Sidney Michaelson, Professor A.D. Winspear, the well-known Classicist from the University of Calgary who has recently been working at Oxford, and Dr. Michael Levison, formerly of Birkbeck College in the University of London, now Professor of Computing and Information Science at Queen's University, Kingston.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e It's Greek to the Computer\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that will interest a wide variety of scholars, and all those who relish a good puzzle.","brand":"Andrew Q Morton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41048787517489,"sku":"9780887721144","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/9926\/3793\/files\/9780887721144.jpg?v=1781659628","url":"https:\/\/bakerbookhouse.com\/products\/9780887721144_its-greek-to-the-computer","provider":"Baker Book House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}