The History of Writing: From Cuneiform to Emoji
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The History of Writing: From Cuneiform to Emoji
19.99 €
This comic book tells about more than a hundred writing systems: from ancient times to the present day, from cuneiform, ancient Egyptian and Chinese hieroglyphs and the first alphabets, to modern emoji and signs of invented languages like Klingon. It is amazing how many different ways you can record spoken language, what extraordinary stories are associated with many writing systems! It is incredibly fascinating to look at all sorts of symbols - they are beautiful in themselves, even if you do not know their meaning.
The story of the huge variety of signs and writing systems unfolds in time and space. The book gives a general idea of the topic, and of course, it cannot accommodate all writing systems, because, according to scientists, throughout its history, humanity has created 292 such systems and not all of them have been deciphered. But today, more than half of the writing systems that have ever existed are available on every computer. Coding capabilities are becoming wider and wider, more and more fonts are displayed and used without problems on a computer or smartphone. We live in the times of the final victory over illiteracy - when its own script can be created for every language on our planet and is available in all corners of the world at the click of a mouse.
Vitaly Konstantinov was born in 1963 in Izmail (USSR), lives in Germany. Illustrates and writes books - fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. His books have been published in 36 countries and have received numerous professional awards.
For middle and high school age.
The story of the huge variety of signs and writing systems unfolds in time and space. The book gives a general idea of the topic, and of course, it cannot accommodate all writing systems, because, according to scientists, throughout its history, humanity has created 292 such systems and not all of them have been deciphered. But today, more than half of the writing systems that have ever existed are available on every computer. Coding capabilities are becoming wider and wider, more and more fonts are displayed and used without problems on a computer or smartphone. We live in the times of the final victory over illiteracy - when its own script can be created for every language on our planet and is available in all corners of the world at the click of a mouse.
Vitaly Konstantinov was born in 1963 in Izmail (USSR), lives in Germany. Illustrates and writes books - fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. His books have been published in 36 countries and have received numerous professional awards.
For middle and high school age.
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