9783565151530 - script revolution: words that conquered time: from cave scratches to emoji empires, trace humanity's code-cracking quest to capture thought forever. di prescott, caleb (2 risultati)
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Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, GermaniaAHA-BUCH GmbH
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Journey through writing's 5000-year metamorphosis from Sumerian pictograms to global alphabets that birthed civilizations. Cuneiform wedges on clay tablets logged debts in 3200 BC Uruk, Egyptian hieroglyphs immortalized pharaohs via Rosetta breakt…hroughs, and Phoenician traders distilled 22 consonants around 1200 BC-sparking Greek vowels, Latin curls, and Arabic flourishes. Witness runes etching Viking sagas, Devanagari scripting Sanskrit epics, and Hangul's 1446 Korean genius blending sound blocks.Each era spotlights breakthroughs: Mayan glyphs decoding calendars, Cherokee syllabary's 1821 literacy explosion, and digital fonts evolving from Gutenberg's press to Unicode's 150,000 glyphs. Loaded with stroke evolutions, decipherment dramas like Champollion's hieroglyph hack, inscription photos, and cultural ripples on law, literature, empire. Spanning Mesopotamia to Silicon Valley, this visual saga reveals how symbols tamed chaos, spread knowledge, and wired the world-essential for linguists and history seekers.
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Da: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, GermaniaBuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K.
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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Journey through writing's 5000-year metamorphosis from Sumerian pictograms to global alphabets that birthed civilizations. Cuneiform wedges on clay tablets logged debts in 3200 BC Uruk, Egyptian hieroglyphs immortalized pharaohs vi…a Rosetta breakthroughs, and Phoenician traders distilled 22 consonants around 1200 BC-sparking Greek vowels, Latin curls, and Arabic flourishes. Witness runes etching Viking sagas, Devanagari scripting Sanskrit epics, and Hangul's 1446 Korean genius blending sound blocks.Each era spotlights breakthroughs: Mayan glyphs decoding calendars, Cherokee syllabary's 1821 literacy explosion, and digital fonts evolving from Gutenberg's press to Unicode's 150,000 glyphs. Loaded with stroke evolutions, decipherment dramas like Champollion's hieroglyph hack, inscription photos, and cultural ripples on law, literature, empire. Spanning Mesopotamia to Silicon Valley, this visual saga reveals how symbols tamed chaos, spread knowledge, and wired the world-essential for linguists and history seekers. 188 pp. Englisch.
