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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 …
"In a world of rapid technological advancement, it is 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 describes how this communication tool has conquered t…
"In a world of rapid technological advancement, it is 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 describes how this communication tool has conquered t…
Explores the origins of writing and the historic relationship between humans and their written words, and discusses the threat posed to the art of writing and the thought patterns behind it by the digital age.
As the Revolution once wrought by the printed word gives way to the digital age, many fear that the ancient art of writing is under threat. From Mayan glyphs to plaques on interplanetary spacecraft, Matthew Battles shows that writing itself is always in the process of transfigur…