Communication

Eduard Altarriba is a graphic designer and illustrator. He runs Alababalà, a studio producing games, exhibitions, animation, apps and practical and fun workbooks for children. He has illustrated a number of books published by GMC Publications including, Discovering Architecture, Discovering Energy, My First Book of Electromagnetism, My First Book of Microbes, My First Book of Quantum Physics, My First Book of Relativity, My First Book of the Cosmos, What is War?, Migrants, Politics and Economics. Eduard lives in Barcelona, Spain.

• What Is Communication? 5Animal Communication 6Speech 7We Communicate Without Knowing It! 8Myths and Legends 9Languages of the World 10Family Tree of Indo-European Languages 11Sign Language 12From Myths to Logos 14Writing Systems 16The Origin of Writing 17Egyptian Hieroglyphs 18Evolutions 20The Latin Alphabet 22Writing Implements 24Consonantal Alphabets (Abjads) 26Logographic and Syllabic Writing 28Abugida (Syllabic) Alphabets 30Pre-Columbian Writing 31Braille 32Letters and Post 33Art 34Architecture and Fashion 36Symbols 38A World of Colours 39Heraldry And Emblems 40Flags of the World’s States 42Ahoy Captain! 44Traffic Signals and Signs 46Means of Transport 49Books 50The Invention of the Printing Press 51Last Minute! 52Libraries and Archives 53The Telegraph 54Morse Code 55Cryptography 56The Golden Age of Radio 58The Magic of the Screen 60Communicate With Machines 62A Bit of Python 63Globalization 64