Symbols [E-Book] : An Evolutionary History from the Stone Age to the Future / by Richard Sproat.
For millennia humans have used visible marks to communicate information. Modern examples of conventional graphical symbols include written language, and non-linguistic symbol systems such as mathematical symbology or traffic signs. The latter kinds of symbols convey information without reference to...
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Personal Name(s): | Sproat, Richard, author |
Edition: |
1st edition 2023. |
Imprint: |
Cham :
Springer,
2023
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Physical Description: |
XIII, 235 pages 91 illustrations, 57 illustrations in color (online resource) |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783031268090 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-031-26809-0 |
Subject (LOC): |
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Semiotics
- 3. Taxonomy
- 4. Writing Systems
- 5. Symbols in the Brain
- 6. The Evolution of Writing
- 7. Simulations
- 8. Misrepresentations
- 9. The Future.