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The Greatest Invention

A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts


  • Picador (MacMillan)
  • by Silvia Ferrara
The Greatest Invention chronicles an uncharted journey, one filled with past flashes of brilliance, present-day scientific research and the faint, fleeting echo of writing's future. Professor Silvia Ferrara, a modern-day adventurer who travels the world studying ancient texts, takes us along with her; we touch the knotted, coloured strings of the Incan khipu and consider the case of the Phaistos disk.

ISBN 9781529064780 | EN | PB-B
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Publisher Picador (MacMillan)
ISBN 9781529064780
Author(s) Silvia Ferrara
Publication date June 2023
Edition Paperback (B format)
Dimensions mm
Pages 304
Language(s) English ed.
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The Greatest Invention chronicles an uncharted journey, one filled with past flashes of brilliance, present-day scientific research and the faint, fleeting echo of writing’s future. Professor Silvia Ferrara, a modern-day adventurer who travels the world studying ancient texts, takes us along with her; we touch the knotted, coloured strings of the Incan khipu and consider the case of the Phaistos disk. Ferrara takes us to the cutting edge of decipherment, where high-powered laser scanners bring tears to an engineer’s eye, and further still, to gaze at the outline of writing’s future. The Greatest Invention lifts the words off every page and changes the contours of the world around us – just keep reading.