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'The most accessible and informative book available on the major writing systems of the world' - History Today 'Excellent … Robinson covers so much ground in such short order that you feel he must have got something wrong or left out something important. He hasn’t' - Bookdealer 'Delightful to read … difficult to put down once started' - Communication Arts

The most accessible and informative book available on the major writing systems of the world.

'Delightful to read ... difficult to put down once started' - Communication Arts 'Excellent ... Robinson covers so much ground in such short order that you feel he must have got something wrong or left out something important. He hasn't' - Bookdealer 'The most accessible and informative book available on the major writing systems of the world' - History Today

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Andrew Robinson has written more than 25 books on the arts and sciences. They include Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts, India: A Short History and Earthshock, which won the Association of Earth Science Editors Outstanding Publication Award, plus Earth-Shattering Events . A regular contributor to such magazines as Current World Archaeology, History Today, The Lancet, Nature and Science, he has also been literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement and a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge.

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