CHARPIN Dominique (dir.), LEROY Xavier (dir.).
Decipherment(s): from hieroglyphs to DNA.
Odile Jacob
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| N° d'inventaire | 30453 |
| Format | 14.5 X 21.5 |
| Détails | 272 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782415006877 |
On September 22, 1822, Jean-François Champollion, in a state of extreme excitement, completed his famous Letter to Mr. Dacier, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres. In it, he explained how he had unraveled the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphs, providing the founding text for their decipherment.
In this book, which celebrates the bicentenary of this event, specialists tell the story of the decipherment of ancient writings, but also expose a practice that intervenes in fields as varied as the sciences of the Universe, biology, cryptography, linguistics, the interpretation of works of art, rhetoric and even hermeneutics.
Dominique Charpin is a professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Mesopotamian Civilization chair.
Xavier Leroy is a professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Software Sciences chair.
Contributions from Nabila Aghanim, Jan Blanc, Anne Canteaut, Dominique Charpin, Laurent Coulon, Emmanuelle Danblon, Jean-Luc Fournet, Alessandro Morbidelli, Luigi Rizzi, Denis Thouard, Jean Weissenbach.
In this book, which celebrates the bicentenary of this event, specialists tell the story of the decipherment of ancient writings, but also expose a practice that intervenes in fields as varied as the sciences of the Universe, biology, cryptography, linguistics, the interpretation of works of art, rhetoric and even hermeneutics.
Dominique Charpin is a professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Mesopotamian Civilization chair.
Xavier Leroy is a professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Software Sciences chair.
Contributions from Nabila Aghanim, Jan Blanc, Anne Canteaut, Dominique Charpin, Laurent Coulon, Emmanuelle Danblon, Jean-Luc Fournet, Alessandro Morbidelli, Luigi Rizzi, Denis Thouard, Jean Weissenbach.
In this book, which celebrates the bicentenary of this event, specialists tell the story of the decipherment of ancient writings, but also expose a practice that intervenes in fields as varied as the sciences of the Universe, biology, cryptography, linguistics, the interpretation of works of art, rhetoric and even hermeneutics.
Dominique Charpin is a professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Mesopotamian Civilization chair.
Xavier Leroy is a professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Software Sciences chair.
Contributions from Nabila Aghanim, Jan Blanc, Anne Canteaut, Dominique Charpin, Laurent Coulon, Emmanuelle Danblon, Jean-Luc Fournet, Alessandro Morbidelli, Luigi Rizzi, Denis Thouard, Jean Weissenbach.