Screen LibraryThe writing revolution cuneiform to the Internet /
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The language library
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444304671 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-296) and index. |
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9781444304671 1444304674 |
| Index Number: | P211 |
| CLC: | H0-09 |
| Contents: | 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. |