The Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the InternetJohn Wiley & Sons, 13 sept. 2011 - 336 pages In a world of rapid technological advancements, it can be easy to forget that writing is the original Information Technology, created to transcend the limitations of human memory and to defy time and space. The Writing Revolution picks apart the development of this communication tool to show how it has conquered the world.
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Table des matières
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Egyptian Hieroglyphs and the Quest for Eternity | 33 |
A Love of Paperwork | 56 |
Calendars of Kings | 79 |
The Clerks of Agamemnon | 95 |
Three Scripts are Better than One | 113 |
Sequoyah ReverseEngineers | 133 |
The Empire of Sanskrit | 169 |
King Sejongs OneMan Renaissance | 191 |
Greek Serendipity | 208 |
The Age of Latin | 229 |
The Alphabet Meets the Machine | 249 |
Figures A 1A 7 | 273 |
Further Reading | 281 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet Amalia E. Gnanadesikan Aucun aperçu disponible - 2009 |
The Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet Amalia E. Gnanadesikan Aucun aperçu disponible - 2008 |
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