The writing revolution cuneiform to the Internet /

Sábháilte in:
Sonraí bibleagrafaíochta
Príomhchruthaitheoir: Gnanadesikan, Amalia E.
Údar corparáideach: ebrary, Inc
Formáid: Leictreonach Ríomhleabhar
Teanga:Béarla
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Sraith:Language library.
Ábhair:
Rochtain ar líne:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Clibeanna: Cuir clib leis
Níl clibeanna ann, Bí ar an gcéad duine le clib a chur leis an taifead seo!
Clár na nÁbhar:
  • The first IT revolution
  • Cuneiform: forgotten legacy of a forgotten people
  • Egyptian hieroglyphs and the quest for eternity
  • Chinese: a love of paperwork
  • Maya glyphs: calendars of kings
  • Linear B: the clerks of Agamemnon
  • Japanese: three scripts are better than one
  • Cherokee: Sequoyah reverse-engineers
  • The Semitic alphabet: Egypt to Manchuria in 3,400 years
  • The empire of Sanskrit
  • King Sejong's one-man renaissance
  • Greek serendipity
  • The age of Latin
  • The alphabet meets the machine.