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The greatest invention : a history of the world in nine mysterious scripts / Silvia Ferrara ; translated from the Italian by Todd Portnowitz.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Italian Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022Edition: First American editionDescription: viii, 289 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0374601623
  • 9780374601621
Uniform titles:
  • Grande invenzione. English.
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P211 .F42713 2022
Contents:
Behind the scenes. Stories ; Nature -- Undeciphered scripts. Islands ; Crete ; Cyprus ; Easter Island -- Invented scripts. Cities ; Before the pharaohs ; Between two rivers ; Chinese turtles ; Across the ocean ; End of story -- Experiments. Tradition ; Solitary inventors ; Isolated branches ; Social inventors -- Discoveries. Where to begin ; How to decipher -- The great vision. First ; Afterward ; Tomorrow ; Postscriptum.
Summary: "Silvia Ferrara leads a code cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention-the art of writing"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks P211 .F42713 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001510725

Includes bibliographical references.

Behind the scenes. Stories ; Nature -- Undeciphered scripts. Islands ; Crete ; Cyprus ; Easter Island -- Invented scripts. Cities ; Before the pharaohs ; Between two rivers ; Chinese turtles ; Across the ocean ; End of story -- Experiments. Tradition ; Solitary inventors ; Isolated branches ; Social inventors -- Discoveries. Where to begin ; How to decipher -- The great vision. First ; Afterward ; Tomorrow ; Postscriptum.

"Silvia Ferrara leads a code cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention-the art of writing"-- Provided by publisher.

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