Dimensions
124 x 142 x 23mm
Melvyn Bragg presents five programmes devoted to the written word, and how it has shaped our intellectual history. Episode 1: How making signs on clay, wood or parchment enabled the development of human culture. Episode 2: Melvyn considers the impact of the invention of the book. Episode 3: How the invention of writing influenced the spread of religion. Episode 4: How the written word, originally used for accountancy, gave rise to human literature. Episode 5: How the invention of writing made the scientific revolution of the Enlightenment possible.
