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ISBN: 9780500289983 - The Man Who Deciphered Linear B

The Man Who Deciphered Linear B
Andrew Robinson

ISBN10: 0500289980 ISBN13: 9780500289983
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Feb 2012
Tells the life story of Michael Ventris, interlaced with that of his decipherment of Linear B. Linear B is Europe's oldest readable writing, dating from the middle of the second millennium BC. This book, newly available in paperback... More

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ISBN: 9780199567782 - Writing and Script

Writing and Script
Andrew Robinson

ISBN10: 0199567786 ISBN13: 9780199567782
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 27 Aug 2009
Starting with the origins of writing five thousand years ago, with cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs, Andrew Robinson explains how these early forms of writing developed into hundreds of scripts including the Roman alphabet and the Chinese... More

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Genius
Andrew Robinson

ISBN10: 0199594406 ISBN13: 9780199594405
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Dec 2010
Genius is highly individual and unique yet it shares a compelling quality. In this intriguing introduction Andrew Robinson uses the life and work of familiar geniuses - and some less familiar - to consider what their achievements have in common... More

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ISBN: 9780500051719 - Cracking the Egyptian Code

Cracking the Egyptian Code
Andrew Robinson

ISBN10: 0500051712 ISBN13: 9780500051719
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Apr 2012
In 1799 Napoleon's army uncovered an ancient stele in the Nile delta. Its inscription, recorded in three distinct scripts - ancient Greek, Coptic, and hieroglyphic - would provide scholars with the first clues to unlocking the secrets of Egyptian... More

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ISBN: 9780955304699 - Einstein: a Hundred Years of Relativity

Einstein: a Hundred Years of Relativity
Andrew Robinson

ISBN10: 0955304695 ISBN13: 9780955304699
Publisher: Palazzo Editions Ltd
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Aug 2010
A definitive illustrated study of one of the greatest icons of the 20th century. This book presents the beautiful simplicity at the heart of Einstein's greatest discoveries, and explains how his ideas have continued to influence scientific... More

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Sudden Genius
Andrew Robinson

ISBN10: 0199569959 ISBN13: 9780199569953
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Sep 2010
Creativity takes many forms, but are there characteristics shared by those perceived as geniuses in their chosen domain of art or science? In this highly readable account, Andrew Robinson considers the nature of genius. We begin by looking at the... More

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The Apu Trilogy
Andrew Robinson

ISBN10: 1848855168 ISBN13: 9781848855168
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd I.B.Tauris
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 12 Oct 2010
Covers the literary and cultural background to the films, their production, their music composed by Ravi Shankar, their aesthetic value, and their complex critical reception in the East and the West, from 1955 up to the present day. More

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ISBN: 9780500286609 - The Story of Writing

The Story of Writing
Andrew Robinson

ISBN10: 0500286604 ISBN13: 9780500286609
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 16 Apr 2007
Without writing there would he no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when and where did writing evolve?In a succinct and absorbing text, Andrew Robinson explains the interconnection, between sound, symbol and script. More

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Lost Languages
Andrew Robinson

ISBN10: 0500514534 ISBN13: 9780500514535
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Feb 2009
Beginning with the stories of three great decipherments - Egyptian hieroglyphs, Minoan Linear B and Mayan glyphs - Lost Languages moves on the dissect the most well-known and enigmatic undeciphered scripts from around the world. They include the... More

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The Scientists
Andrew Robinson

ISBN10: 0500251916 ISBN13: 9780500251911
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 03 Sep 2012
Tells the remarkable lives of the pioneers of science from Galileo and Newton, Faraday and Darwin, Pasteur and Marie Curie, to Einstein, Freud, Turing, and Crick and Watson. This title features articles that offer an account of the lives and... More

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