Alpha Beta
Subtitle: How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World
Publisher: Wiley
Published: June 29, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780471415749
First sentence: In the fifteenth century, when a few philosophers began to wonder about the mysteries left by ancient peoples in the Nile valley, the idea arose that the pictures on Egyptian tombs were the purest form of communication.