In Our Time Special - The Written World

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The Written World

Monday 02nd - Friday 06th January 2012  (an In Our Time Special)
Time: 09:00 to 09:30

Melvyn Bragg presents five programmes devoted to the written word, and how it has shaped our intellectual history

Part 1 - How making signs on clay, wood or parchment enabled the development of human culture.

Part 2 - Melvyn considers the impact of the invention of the book.

Part 3 - How the invention of writing influenced the spread of religion.

Part 4 - How the written word, originally used for accountancy, gave rise to human literature.

Part 5 - How the invention of writing made the scientific revolution of the Enlightenment possible.

Link Contents - Parts 1-5 and Adobe Acrobat Accompanying Documents:

IOT Special: The Written World LINK

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