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12%OFFSteven Roger Fischer - Glyph-Breaker - 9781461274902 - V9781461274902
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Glyph-Breaker

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Description for Glyph-Breaker Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, 5 colour illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 387.
1 IN ODYSSEUS'S WAKE 1 1 LOGOS 13 3 THE NEW LABYRINTH 47 4 THE SKEIN OF ARIADNE 65 S "HEAR YE, CRETANS AND GREEKS!" 93 6 THE BATTLE OF NAXOS 119 7 RAPANUI 139 8 TALKI NG BOARDS OF TH E PACI FIC 153 9 ATOP TERE VAKA 167 10 "ALL THE BIRDS ... " 187 11 SURFING THE RONGORONGO 205 Suggested Reading 223 Index 227 A "glyph" (short for hieroglyph) is a sign in a script. And a "breaker" is a person who cracks a script's code. A "glyph­ breaker" is then a decipherer, someone who lets us ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781461274902
SKU
V9781461274902
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

Reviews for Glyph-Breaker
"...provides a step-by step account of how (Fischer) cracked this code, proceeding with the utmost care and objectivity, constantly modifying and improving his method, and gradually filling in the blanks." New Scientist

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