{"product_id":"150630235","title":"Silvia Ferrara | THE GREATEST INVENTION","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#FF0000\"\u003eSÅLD\u003c\/font\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTyvärr är detta exemplar redan sålt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbutton class=\"product-form__submit button\" style=\"width: 100%;\" onclick=\"window.location.href='\/search?q=Ferrara Silvia+The Greatest Invention'\"\u003eSe om vi har fler exemplar\u003c\/button\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEller lägg upp en aktiv sökning på finndinbok.nu: \u003cbutton class=\"product-form__submit button\" style=\"width: 100%;\" onclick=\"window.location.href='https:\/\/finndinbok.nu'\"\u003eLägg upp en sökning på finndinbok.nu\u003c\/button\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHitta fler liknande böcker i dessa kategorier:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbutton class=\"product-form__submit button button--secondary\" onclick=\"window.location.href='https:\/\/bok.hstrom.se\/pages\/humaniora'\"\u003eHumaniora\u003c\/button\u003e \u003cbutton class=\"product-form__submit button button--secondary\" onclick=\"window.location.href='https:\/\/bok.hstrom.se\/collections\/humaniora-kulturvetenskap-historia'\"\u003eKulturvetenskap \u0026amp; -historia\u003c\/button\u003e \u003cbutton class=\"product-form__submit button button--full-width \" onclick=\"window.location.href='\/search?q=title:Silvia%2BFerrara'\"\u003eFler böcker av Silvia Ferrara\u003c\/button\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 20px 0 20px; border: thin solid #000000;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: smaller;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBindning \u0026amp; skick:\u003c\/b\u003e Pocket. 8:o (130x197 mm) \u003cb\u003eÅr:\u003c\/b\u003e 2023. \u003cb\u003eOmfång:\u003c\/b\u003e 289 sidor ; 20 cm \u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529064780. \u003cb\u003eSpråk:\u003c\/b\u003e Engelska\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFERRARA'S BOOK IS\u003c\/b\u003e an introduction to writing as a process of revelation, but it's also a celebration of these things still undeciphered, and many other tantalising mysteries besides.' - The Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book tells the story of our greatest invention. Or, it almost does. Almost, because while the story has a beginning - in fact, it has many beginnings, not only in Mesopotamia, 3,100 years before the birth of Christ, but also in China, Egypt and Central America - and it certainly has a middle, one that snakes through the painted petroglyphs of Easter Island, through the great machines of empires and across the desks of inspired, brilliant scholars, the end of the story remains to be written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. Professor Silvia Ferrara, a modern-day adventurer who travels the world studying ancient texts, takes us along with her; we touch the knotted, coloured strings of the Incan khipu and consider the case of the Phaistos disk. Ferrara takes us to the cutting edge of decipherment, where high-powered laser scanners bring tears to an engineer's eye, and further still, to gaze at the outline of writing's future. The Greatest Invention lifts the words off every page and changes the contours of the world around us - just keep reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Greatest Invention is a celebration not of achievements, but of moments of illumination and 'the most important thing in the world: our desire to be understood'.' - TLS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbutton class=\"product-form__submit button button--full-width \" onclick=\"window.location.href='\/search?q=title:Ferrara%2BSilvia%2BThe%2BGreatest%2BInvention'\"\u003eSök fler exemplar av denna bok\u003c\/button\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 20px 0 20px; border: thin solid #000000;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: smaller; font-weight:bold;\"\u003eAnvänd gärna länkarna nedan för att hitta liknande böcker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: smaller;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFörfattare:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=title:Ferrara+Silvia\"\u003eFerrara, Silvia\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitel:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=title:The+Greatest+Invention\"\u003eThe Greatest Invention\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFörlag:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=vendor:Pan+Books+Ltd\"\u003ePan Books Ltd\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenre:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Historia+och+arkeologi\"\u003eHistoria och arkeologi\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtikelnr:\u003c\/b\u003e 150630235\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pan Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Förlagsny bok","offer_id":44426050863371,"sku":"150630235","price":158.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/8856\/1163\/files\/150630235_e1a8b14d-1bfe-4742-a326-80b4733a493e.jpg?v=1691096714","url":"https:\/\/bok.hstrom.se\/products\/150630235","provider":"bok.hstrom.se | Antikvariat \u0026 Bokhandel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}