num_pages: 225
description: People can be interested in language, writing and scripts. They may wonder how, when and where did writing evolve? Do alphabets function better than hieroglyphs? And are we today, in the computer age, moving towards a universal language of signs and symbols?
language: English
title: The Story of Writing
titlecomplete: The Story of Writing
genres: Anthropology, Language, History, Science, Writing, Linguistics, Ancient History, Nonfiction, Archaeology, Art
ratings_count: 328
publisher: Thames & Hudson