The writing revolution [[electronic resource] ] : cuneiform to the Internet / / Amalia E. Gnanadesikan |
Autore | Gnanadesikan Amalia E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (532 p.) |
Disciplina | 411.09 |
Collana | The language library |
Soggetto topico |
Writing - History
Alphabet - History |
ISBN |
1-4443-0467-4
9786612115882 1-4443-0468-2 1-282-11588-X 1-4443-5985-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141341203321 |
Gnanadesikan Amalia E | ||
Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The writing revolution : cuneiform to the Internet / / Amalia E. Gnanadesikan |
Autore | Gnanadesikan Amalia E |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (532 p.) |
Disciplina | 411.09 |
Collana | The language library |
Soggetto topico |
Writing - History
Alphabet - History |
ISBN |
1-4443-0467-4
9786612115882 1-4443-0468-2 1-282-11588-X 1-4443-5985-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815604203321 |
Gnanadesikan Amalia E | ||
Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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