Alpha Beta
Alpha Beta
How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World
Man, John
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
05/2006
320
Mole
Inglês
9780471415749
047141574X
366
Praise for Alpha Beta "This book comes at the perfect moment as we rediscover the importance in early reading of cracking the alphabetic code. The story of how that code came into being is a fascinating one, and Man is the ideal writer to tell it. " Times Educational Supplement "A richly absorbing exploration, from B.C.
Foreword. Introduction: Of Giants and Genius. The Trouble with Pictures. The Bearable Burden of Syllables. Letters in the Wilderness. The Search for the Perfect Alphabet. Into Sinai. The Land of Purple. The Selfish Alphabet. The Great Leap Forward. Why We Don't Write Etruscan. The Limits to Growth. Appendix 1. Appendix 2. Bibliography. Acknowledgements. Index.
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Praise for Alpha Beta "This book comes at the perfect moment as we rediscover the importance in early reading of cracking the alphabetic code. The story of how that code came into being is a fascinating one, and Man is the ideal writer to tell it. " Times Educational Supplement "A richly absorbing exploration, from B.C.
Foreword. Introduction: Of Giants and Genius. The Trouble with Pictures. The Bearable Burden of Syllables. Letters in the Wilderness. The Search for the Perfect Alphabet. Into Sinai. The Land of Purple. The Selfish Alphabet. The Great Leap Forward. Why We Don't Write Etruscan. The Limits to Growth. Appendix 1. Appendix 2. Bibliography. Acknowledgements. Index.
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