The Man Who Deciphered Linear B - The Story of Michael Ventris

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Robinson is the author of twenty-five books in the arts and sciences, nine of them on aspects of Indian history and culture. They include two definitive biographies: Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye , described by V. S. Naipaul as ‘an extraordinarily good, detailed and selfless book’, and the coauthored Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-Minded Man . He holds degrees from Oxford University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, has been a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and is currently a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. Klappentext Tells the life story of Michael Ventris, interlaced with that of his decipherment of Linear B. Vorwort The compelling story of Michael Ventris and the decipherment of Linear B, Europe’s oldest readable writing Zusammenfassung Tells the life story of Michael Ventris, interlaced with that of his decipherment of Linear B.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrew Robinson
• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2012
• EAN: 9780500289983
• ISBN: 978-0-500-28998-3
• Pagine: 168
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Ancient (Classical) Greek