The greatest invention : a history of the world in nine mysterious scripts
Ferrara, Silvia2022
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The invention of writing allowed humans to create a record of their lives and to persist past the limits of their lifetimes. In the shadows and swirls of ancient inscriptions, we can decipher the stories they sought to record, but we can also tease out the timeless truths of human nature, of our ceaseless drive to connect, create and be remembered. 'The Greatest Invention' chronicles an uncharted journey, one filled with past flashes of brilliance, present-day scientific research and the faint, fleeting echo of writing's future.
Main title:
The greatest invention : a history of the world in nine mysterious scripts / Silvia Ferrara ; translated by Todd Portnowitz.
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2022.London : Picador, 2022.
Collation:
304 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9781529064759 (hbk)
Dewey class:
411.09
Language:
EnglishItalian
Subject:
BRN:
2585098