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The Writing Revolution : Cuneiform to the Internet.
In a world of rapid technological advancements, it can be easy to forget that writing is the original Information Technology, created to transcend the limitations of human memory and to defy time and space. The Writing Revolution picks apart the development of this communication tool to show how it...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester :
John Wiley & Sons,
2009.
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| Colección: | Language library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In a world of rapid technological advancements, it can be easy to forget that writing is the original Information Technology, created to transcend the limitations of human memory and to defy time and space. The Writing Revolution picks apart the development of this communication tool to show how it has conquered the world.:.; Explores how writing has liberated the world, making possible everything from complex bureaucracy, literature, and science, to instruction manuals and love letters.; Draws on an engaging range of examples, from the first cuneiform clay tablet, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Ja. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (330 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781444304688 1444304682 9781444359855 1444359851 |