Books by Margalit Fox
language
English
review 1: I am supportive of any book that brings linguistics to the masses, but this perhaps a leaned a bit too far towards popularization rather than linguistics for my taste. The tale of the personalities involved in deciphering the ancient languages was interesting on its own merits; ...
Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Deciphering of Linear B and the Discovery of a Lost Civilisation (2014)
language
English
review 1: One of the more enjoyable non-fiction books I have read in some time. The puzzle these people solved - deciphering an unknown script in an unknown language - seems impossibly hard, but through perseverance, hard work, and ingenuity, they did it. The inclusion of portions of their...