The Greatest Invention: A History Of World In Nine Mysterious Scripts Silvia Ferrara Picador Αγγλικά Βιβλία Computing And Technology

‘Ferrara’s Book Is An Introduction To Writing As A Process Of Revelation But It’s Also Celebration These Things Still Undeciphered And Many Other Tantalising Mysteries Besides ‘ - The Spectatorthis Tells Story Our Greatest Invention Or It Almost Does Because While Has Beginning – In Fact Beginnings Not Only Mesopotamia 3 100 Years Before Birth Christ China Egypt Central America Certainly Middle One That Snakes Through Painted Petroglyphs Easter Island Great Machines Empires Across Desks Inspired Brilliant Scholars End Remains Be Written Allowed Humans Create Record Their Lives Persist Past Limits Lifetimes Shadows Swirls Ancient Inscriptions We Can Decipher Stories They Sought Tease Out Timeless Truths Human Nature Ceaseless Drive Connect Remembered Chronicles Uncharted Journey Filled With Flashes Brilliance Present-Day Scientific Research Faint Fleeting Echo Writing’s Future Professor Silvia Ferrara Modern-Day Adventurer Who Travels World Studying Texts Takes Us Along Her Touch Knotted Coloured Strings Incan Khipu Consider Case Phaistos Disk Cutting Edge Decipherment Where High-Powered Laser Scanners Bring Tears Engineer’s Eye Further Gaze At Outline Lifts Words Off Every Page Changes Contours Around Just Keep Reading ‘The Achievements Moments Illumination “The Most Important Thing World: Desire Understood” Tls Σελίδες: 304 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1031 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm