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The technology of writing, and how making signs on clay, wood or parchment enabled the development of human culture. Show more
Melvyn Bragg considers the impact of the invention of the book and examines some of the earliest surviving examples. Show more
Melvyn Bragg considers the history of the written word and its influence on human ideas. He looks at how the invention of writing influenced the spread of religion. Show more
Melvyn Bragg investigates how the written word, a technology originally used for accountancy, gave rise to all of human literature. Show more
How the invention of writing made the scientific revolution of the Enlightenment possible. Examining influential documents, including the student notebooks of Sir Isaac Newton. Show more