A code-cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention – the art of writing.
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Silvia Ferrara, author of The Greatest Invention, is a Professor of Aegean civilization at the University of Bologna. She studied at University College London and the University of Oxford and, after several years as a researcher in Archeology and Linguistics at Oxford, she returned to Italy. She has taught at University College London, the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge and the Sapienza University of Rome.
A code-cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention – the art of writing.
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Vendeur : Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 55607324-20
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Vendeur : AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. N° de réf. du vendeur 7719-9781529064759
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Vendeur : 2nd Act Books, Charlottesville, VA, Etats-Unis
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Vendeur : Bahamut Media, Reading, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. N° de réf. du vendeur 6545-9781529064759
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Vendeur : Bookbot, Prague, Rébublique tchèque
Hardcover. Etat : As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. The author takes a look at how - and how many times - human beings have managed to produce the miracle of written language around the world. Readers will examine the enigmas of undeciphered scripts, study the turtle shells and ox scapulae that bear the earliest Chinese inscriptions, and venture to the cutting edge as high-powered laser scanners bring tears to an engineer's eyes. This book chronicles a journey filled with past flashes of brilliance, contemporary scientific research, and a faint glimpse of writing's future. -- Adapted from jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur 586cd76f-67eb-40bc-bf0e-e7626e956bf4
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Vendeur : Books Puddle, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Etat : New. pp. 304. N° de réf. du vendeur 26386363303
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Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. This book tells the story of our greatest invention. Or, it almost does. Almost, because while the story has a beginning - in fact, it has many beginnings, not only in Mesopotamia, 3,100 years before the birth of Christ, but also in China, Egypt and Central America - and it certainly has a middle, one that snakes through the painted petroglyphs of Easter Island, through the great machines of empires and across the desks of inspired, brilliant scholars, the end of the story remains to be written.The invention of writing allowed humans to create a record of their lives and to persist past the limits of their lifetimes. In the shadows and swirls of ancient inscriptions, we can decipher the stories they sought to record, but we can also tease out the timeless truths of human nature, of our ceaseless drive to connect, create and be remembered.The Greatest Invention chronicles an uncharted journey, one filled with past flashes of brilliance, present-day scientific research and the faint, fleeting echo of writing's future. Professor Silvia Ferrara, a modern-day adventurer who travels the world studying ancient texts, takes us along with her; we touch the knotted, coloured strings of the Incan khipu and consider the case of the Phaistos disk. Ferrara takes us to the cutting edge of decipherment, where high-powered laser scanners bring tears to an engineer's eye, and further still, to gaze at the outline of writing's future. The Greatest Invention lifts the words off every page and changes the contours of the world around us - just keep reading. A code-cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention the art of writing. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781529064759
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Vendeur : solisjbooks, Port Kembla, NSW, Australie
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. N° de réf. du vendeur 006908
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Vendeur : Anytime Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. A very well reviewed account of the development of writing. pp.viii.289. DW with small chip; now in archival sleeve. N° de réf. du vendeur 014018
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Vendeur : Librairie Guillaume Bude-Belles Lettres, Paris, France
N° de réf. du vendeur 9781529064759
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