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“This exciting series explores the development of systems of recording and measuring, from the first forms of writing and the earliest maps and calendars, to the latest in calculators, telecommunications and navigation systems. Signpost boxes highlight practical aspects of various inventions, Breakthrough boxes highlight key figures and innovations and In fact boxes present amazing facts in brief.
From Reed Pen to World Processor looks at the history of early writing, the first written records, the development of alphabets, punctuation, printing old and new, books and newspapers, typography, writing instruments, inks and papers, Braille, calligraphy and graffiti.”
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