Robinson: Lost Languages - Revision history

BNEditor at 01:22, 15 April 2009

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	Andrew Robinson is literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement, London. His writing is engaging, his enthusiasm about his subject is obvious, and his presentation generally well-reasoned and logically presented.		Andrew Robinson is literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement, London. His writing is engaging, his enthusiasm about his subject is obvious, and his presentation generally well-reasoned and logically presented.

-	This work deals with those scripts yet to be deciphered, in short, a treatise on a form of cryptography. After discussing the three ancient scripts which have already been deciphered (Egyptian ~~hieroglphics~~, Linear B, and Mayan glyphs), he considers those scripts which still await decryption.	+	This work deals with those scripts yet to be deciphered, in short, a treatise on a form of cryptography. After discussing the three ancient scripts which have already been deciphered (Egyptian hieroglyphics, Linear B, and Mayan glyphs), he considers those scripts which still await decryption.

	I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, although the size of the physical book wa a bit awkward for casual reading, and the chosen typeface for the text was a bit fine and thus created a bit of strain on these no-longer-young eyes.		I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, although the size of the physical book wa a bit awkward for casual reading, and the chosen typeface for the text was a bit fine and thus created a bit of strain on these no-longer-young eyes.
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	Archeological decipherment therefore bridges both the sciences and the arts....It involves a range of scientific techniques, from chemical analysis of written materials to sign frequency analysis and comparative linguistics, which are applicable to every undeciphered script -- but at the same time the decipherer needs also to involve subtlety, the entire archaeological, historical and cultural evidence, which is unique to a particular script....		Archeological decipherment therefore bridges both the sciences and the arts....It involves a range of scientific techniques, from chemical analysis of written materials to sign frequency analysis and comparative linguistics, which are applicable to every undeciphered script -- but at the same time the decipherer needs also to involve subtlety, the entire archaeological, historical and cultural evidence, which is unique to a particular script....
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-	So, the decipherment of ancient scripts is a compelling intellectual and imaginative challenge; it makes history; it changes our perceptions of our place in the world; it casts new light on how we read ~~nad~~ write; and it is sometimes the handmaiden and interpreter of fine art. The urge to decipher is our vital response to our species' urge to express its thoughts and feelings through writing in all its unique ~~diversiy~~ and incredible ingenuity over five millenia. This, surely, is what most makes us human.	+	So, the decipherment of ancient scripts is a compelling intellectual and imaginative challenge; it makes history; it changes our perceptions of our place in the world; it casts new light on how we read and write; and it is sometimes the handmaiden and interpreter of fine art. The urge to decipher is our vital response to our species' urge to express its thoughts and feelings through writing in all its unique diversity and incredible ingenuity over five millenia. This, surely, is what most makes us human.
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JNShaumeyer: Correcting a few typographic errors.

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	Andrew Robinson, ''Lost Languages : The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts''. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002. 352 pages.		Andrew Robinson, ''Lost Languages : The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts''. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002. 352 pages.

-	Andrew Robinson is literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement, London. His writing is engaging, his enthusiasm about his subject is obvious, and his presentation generally well-reasoned and ~~logicly~~ presented.	+	Andrew Robinson is literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement, London. His writing is engaging, his enthusiasm about his subject is obvious, and his presentation generally well-reasoned and logically presented.

-	This work deals with those scripts yet to be deciphered, in short, a treatise on a form of cryptography. After discussing the three ~~ancients~~ scripts which have already been deciphered (Egyptian hieroglphics, Linear B, and Mayan glyphs), he considers those scripts which still await decryption.	+	This work deals with those scripts yet to be deciphered, in short, a treatise on a form of cryptography. After discussing the three ancient scripts which have already been deciphered (Egyptian hieroglphics, Linear B, and Mayan glyphs), he considers those scripts which still await decryption.

	I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, although the size of the physical book wa a bit awkward for casual reading, and the chosen typeface for the text was a bit fine and thus created a bit of strain on these no-longer-young eyes.		I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, although the size of the physical book wa a bit awkward for casual reading, and the chosen typeface for the text was a bit fine and thus created a bit of strain on these no-longer-young eyes.
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	'''From the conclusion of the book (pages 322-3):'''		'''From the conclusion of the book (pages 322-3):'''
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-	Archeological decipherment therefore bridges both the sciences and the arts....It involves a range of scientific ~~techniues~~, from chemical analysis of written materials to sign frequency analysis and comparative linguistics, which are applicable to every undeciphered script -- but at the same time the decipherer needs also to involve ~~subttly~~, the entire archaeological, historical and cultural evidence, which is unique to a particular script....	+	Archeological decipherment therefore bridges both the sciences and the arts....It involves a range of scientific techniques, from chemical analysis of written materials to sign frequency analysis and comparative linguistics, which are applicable to every undeciphered script -- but at the same time the decipherer needs also to involve subtlety, the entire archaeological, historical and cultural evidence, which is unique to a particular script....
	<br><br>		<br><br>
-	So, the decipherment of ancient scripts is a compelling intellectual and imaginative challenge; it makes history; it ~~hanges~~ our perceptions of our place in the world; it casts new light on how we read nad write; and it is sometimes to handmaiden and interpreter of fine art. The urge to decipher is our vital response to our species' urge to express its thoughts and feelings through writing in all its unique diversiy and incredible ingenuity over five millenia. This, surely, is what most makes us human.	+	So, the decipherment of ancient scripts is a compelling intellectual and imaginative challenge; it makes history; it changes our perceptions of our place in the world; it casts new light on how we read nad write; and it is sometimes the handmaiden and interpreter of fine art. The urge to decipher is our vital response to our species' urge to express its thoughts and feelings through writing in all its unique diversiy and incredible ingenuity over five millenia. This, surely, is what most makes us human.
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JNShaumeyer at 18:12, 3 August 2006

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	So, the decipherment of ancient scripts is a compelling intellectual and imaginative challenge; it makes history; it hanges our perceptions of our place in the world; it casts new light on how we read nad write; and it is sometimes to handmaiden and interpreter of fine art. The urge to decipher is our vital response to our species' urge to express its thoughts and feelings through writing in all its unique diversiy and incredible ingenuity over five millenia. This, surely, is what most makes us human.		So, the decipherment of ancient scripts is a compelling intellectual and imaginative challenge; it makes history; it hanges our perceptions of our place in the world; it casts new light on how we read nad write; and it is sometimes to handmaiden and interpreter of fine art. The urge to decipher is our vital response to our species' urge to express its thoughts and feelings through writing in all its unique diversiy and incredible ingenuity over five millenia. This, surely, is what most makes us human.
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JNShaumeyer at 23:08, 9 July 2006

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-	Andrew Robinson ''Lost Languages : The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts". New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002. 352 pages.	+	Andrew Robinson, ''Lost Languages : The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts''. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002. 352 pages.

	Andrew Robinson is literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement, London. His writing is engaging, his enthusiasm about his subject is obvious, and his presentation generally well-reasoned and logicly presented.		Andrew Robinson is literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement, London. His writing is engaging, his enthusiasm about his subject is obvious, and his presentation generally well-reasoned and logicly presented.
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	I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, although the size of the physical book wa a bit awkward for casual reading, and the chosen typeface for the text was a bit fine and thus created a bit of strain on these no-longer-young eyes.		I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, although the size of the physical book wa a bit awkward for casual reading, and the chosen typeface for the text was a bit fine and thus created a bit of strain on these no-longer-young eyes.

-	'''From the conclusion of the book (pages 322-3:'''	+	'''From the conclusion of the book (pages 322-3):'''
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-	"Archeological decipherment therefore bridges both the sciences and the arts....It involves a range of scientific techniues, from chemical analysis of written materials to sign frequency analysis and comparative linguistics, which are applicable to every undeciphered script -- but at the same time the decipherer needs also to involve subttly, the entire archaeological, historical and cultural evidence, which is unique to a particular script....	+	Archeological decipherment therefore bridges both the sciences and the arts....It involves a range of scientific techniues, from chemical analysis of written materials to sign frequency analysis and comparative linguistics, which are applicable to every undeciphered script -- but at the same time the decipherer needs also to involve subttly, the entire archaeological, historical and cultural evidence, which is unique to a particular script....
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-	So, the decipherment of ancient scripts is a compelling intellectual and imaginative challenge; it makes history; it hanges our perceptions of our place in the world; it casts new light on how we read nad write; and it is sometimes to handmaiden and interpreter of fine art. The urge to decipher is our vital response to our species' urge to express its thoughts and feelings through writing in all its unique diversiy and incredible ingenuity over five millenia. This, surely, is what most makes us human."	+	So, the decipherment of ancient scripts is a compelling intellectual and imaginative challenge; it makes history; it hanges our perceptions of our place in the world; it casts new light on how we read nad write; and it is sometimes to handmaiden and interpreter of fine art. The urge to decipher is our vital response to our species' urge to express its thoughts and feelings through writing in all its unique diversiy and incredible ingenuity over five millenia. This, surely, is what most makes us human.
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IBorocz at 23:02, 9 July 2006

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Andrew Robinson ''Lost Languages : The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts". New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002. 352 pages.

Andrew Robinson is literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement, London. His writing is engaging, his enthusiasm about his subject is obvious, and his presentation generally well-reasoned and logicly presented.

This work deals with those scripts yet to be deciphered, in short, a treatise on a form of cryptography. After discussing the three ancients scripts which have already been deciphered (Egyptian hieroglphics, Linear B, and Mayan glyphs), he considers those scripts which still await decryption.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, although the size of the physical book wa a bit awkward for casual reading, and the chosen typeface for the text was a bit fine and thus created a bit of strain on these no-longer-young eyes.

'''From the conclusion of the book (pages 322-3:'''

"Archeological decipherment therefore bridges both the sciences and the arts....It involves a range of scientific techniues, from chemical analysis of written materials to sign frequency analysis and comparative linguistics, which are applicable to every undeciphered script -- but at the same time the decipherer needs also to involve subttly, the entire archaeological, historical and cultural evidence, which is unique to a particular script....

So, the decipherment of ancient scripts is a compelling intellectual and imaginative challenge; it makes history; it hanges our perceptions of our place in the world; it casts new light on how we read nad write; and it is sometimes to handmaiden and interpreter of fine art. The urge to decipher is our vital response to our species' urge to express its thoughts and feelings through writing in all its unique diversiy and incredible ingenuity over five millenia. This, surely, is what most makes us human."

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