The Story of Writing
Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms
$29.12
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2007
Summary
In an absorbing text, Andrew Robinson explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script. He discusses each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to the scripts of China and Japan, as well as others such as the Cherokee ‘alphabet’ and the writing of runes. Full coverage is given to the history of decipherment, and a provocative chapter devoted to undeciphered scripts: can these codes ever be broken?
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500286609 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0500286604 |
| Author: | Andrew Robinson |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2007 |
| Weight: | 758g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 192mm x 254mm |
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Critics Review
“The most accessible and informative book available on the major writing systems of the world.”
‘The most accessible and informative book available on the major writing systems of the world’ - History Today
‘Excellent … Robinson covers so much ground in such short order that you feel he must have got something wrong or left out something important. He hasn’t’ - Bookdealer
‘Delightful to read … difficult to put down once started’ - Communication Arts
Andrew Robinson
Andrew Robinson has written more than 25 books on the arts and sciences. They include Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World’s Undeciphered Scripts, India: A Short History and Earthshock, which won the Association of Earth Science Editors Outstanding Publication Award, plus Earth-Shattering Events. A regular contributor to such magazines as Current World Archaeology, History Today, The Lancet, Nature and Science, he has also been literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement and a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge.
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