Glyph-Breaker - Brossura

Fischer, Steven R.

 
9781461274902: Glyph-Breaker
Brossura
ISBN 10: 1461274907 ISBN 13: 9781461274902
Casa editrice: Copernicus, 2011

Sinossi

When he announced his successful decipherment of the Rongorongo script of Easter Island in 1996, Steven Roger Fischer joined the ranks of the great decipherers of all time. No one had ever deciphered not one but two ancient scripts. Both scripts, the Rongorongo writing and an ancient Cretan artifact called the Phaistos Disk, yielded information of great historical importance calling for a revision of current archaeological theories. Glyphbreaker is the exciting story of how Fischer did it, by the man who can claim the title of the greatest glyphbreaker who ever lived.

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Recensione

"...provides a step-by step account of how (Fischer) cracked this code, proceeding with the utmost care and objectivity, constantly modifying and improving his method, and gradually filling in the blanks." New Scientist

Contenuti

1 In Odysseus’s Wake.- 2 Logos.- 3 The New Labyrinth.- 4 The Skein of Ariadne.- 5 “Hear Ye, Cretans and Greeks!”.- 6 The Battle of Naxos.- 7 Rapanui.- 8 Talking Boards of the Pacific.- 9 Atop Tere Vaka.- 10 “All The Birds …”.- 11 Surfing the Rongorongo.- Suggested Reading.

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Editore
Copernicus
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1461274907
ISBN 13 
9781461274902
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
252
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