The Pharaoh's Treasure: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization - Hardcover

Gaudet, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 168177853X ISBN 13: 9781681778532

Verlag: PEGASUS BOOKS, 2018

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This fascinating and beautifully written book is an absolute eye opener. John Gaudet has a remarkable story to tell, and he tells it extremely well. A wonderful, enlightening book.--Alexander McCall Smith, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author (Praise for PAPYRUS)

A fascinating account of the plant that provided the world with paper for the first four thousand years of its history. Lively and well written.--Jean-Daniel Stanley, Senior Scientist Emeritus, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (Praise for PAPYRUS)

Is there anything that papyrus can't do? Offering abundant information, Gaudet's combination of environmental advocacy and botanical objectivity forms a unique resource about a unique organism.

A lively overview of a medium that was central to public and private life in the ancient world. An engaging journey to the distant past.

A fascinating, thought-provoking history of papyrus's use in communication. Accessible and engagingly written.

Reseña del editor:

For our entire history, humans have always searched for new ways to share information. This innate compulsion led to the origin of writing on the rock walls of caves and coffin lids or carving on tablets. But it was with the advent of papyrus paper when the ability to record and transmit information exploded, allowing for an exchanging of ideas from the banks of the Nile throughout the Mediterranean—and the civilized world—for the first time in human history. The Pharaoh’s TreasureThe story of this material that was prized by both scholars and kings reveals how papyrus paper is more than a relic of our ancient past, but a key to understanding how ideas and information shaped humanity in the ancient and early modern world.

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• Verlag: PEGASUS BOOKS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 168177853X
• ISBN 13: 9781681778532
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384