The History of Writing: From Pictograms to Pixels

From cave paintings to copperplate, the story of writing is the story of civilization itself.

The History of Writing traces the evolution of writing from the first recorded laws to the digital languages powering today’s computers, exploring and explaining the ways in which it has shaped cultures, driven scientific progress, and held societies together.

Discover how the earliest scripts developed into modern alphabets through Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Indus Valley seals, and Ch...