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336 pages • paperback • first pub 2000 • 2 editions
ISBN/UID: 9780553819656
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Bantam
Edition Pub Date: 24 Aug 2000
Description
The idea behind the alphabet—that language with all its wealth of meaning can be recorded with a few meaningless signs—is an extraordinary one. So extraordinary, in fact, that it has occurred only once in human history: in Egypt about 4000 years a...
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336 pages • paperback • 2000
ISBN/UID: 9780553819656
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Bantam
Edition Pub Date: 24 Aug 2000
Description
The idea behind the alphabet—that language with all its wealth of meaning can be recorded with a few meaningless signs—is an extraordinary one. So extraordinary, in fact, that it has occurred only once in human history: in Egypt about 4000 years a...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings