The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts

by Silvia Ferrara

Book Overview

In this exhilarating celebration of human ingenuity and perseverance--published all around the world--a trailblazing Italian scholar sifts through our cultural and social behavior in search of the origins of our greatest invention: writing.

The L where a tabletop meets the legs, the T between double doors, the D of an armchair's oval backrest--all around us is an alphabet in things. But how did these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374601623
• ISBN13: 9780374601621
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.4"