Andreas Förster – författare

Unter den Trummern des antiken Palastes von Phaistos auf Kreta fanden Archaologen einen Gegenstand, der bis heute den Verstand der brillantesten Linguisten und Kryptologen der Welt verhohnt. Es ist ein perfekt erhaltener Diskos aus gebranntem Ton, verziert mit einer spiralformigen, absolut einzigartigen Bilderschrift. Das Phaistos-Diskos-Ratsel reprasentiert eines der gro ten ungelosten Geheimnisse der Menschheitsgeschichte. Die 241 Stempelsymbole die erste bekannte Anwendung von beweglichen Lettern, Jahrtausende vor Gutenberg passen in kein bekanntes linguistisches System. Ist es ein religioser Hymnus, ein geometrischer Kalender, ein antikes Spielbrett oder gar die raffinierteste Falschung der archaologischen Ara?Dieses fesselnde Buch analysiert die unzahligen gescheiterten Versuche, den Code der Minoer zu knacken. Es beleuchtet die Frustration der akademischen Welt, die mathematischen Ansatze zur Dechiffrierung und die faszinierende Kultur einer hoch entwickelten mediterranen Zivilisation, die spurlos und lautlos im Dunkel der Geschichte versank. Erkunden Sie die Grenzen des menschlichen Verstandnisses. Begleiten Sie die fanatische Jagd nach dem Schlussel zur minoischen Sprache, verstehen Sie die komplexe Mechanik antiker Kryptografie und blicken Sie auf ein Relikt, das hartnackig weigert, seine Geheimnisse preiszugeben.

This study was conceived while I was a research assistant in the Department of Development Economics at the University of Heidelberg. The atmosphere there stimulated my interest in the increasing importance of the instimtional dimension of development administration. Since the smdy consists of both theoretical and empirical data, a large number of very different people have helped me to successfully complete the project. For the theoretical parts and the overall framework I am indebted to my advisor Prof. Bruno Knall, Dr. Hans Christoph Rieger, and my colleague Karl Ludwig Brockmann of the Department of Development Economics. I also want to express my gratimde to Bernhard Warkentin, Micheline Beaudry-Somcynsky, Dr. Kraft, Prof. Seifert, Prof. Rifkin, Prof. Liesegang, and Prof. Kieser, who offered useful advice on the overall framework of the smdy. For the empirical parts, I am also indebted to a large number of people in many different organizations. In particular may I express my gratimde to Mr. Kano and Mr. Sasaki of nCA. With their kind assistance I could stay two times as a visiting researcher in nCA and could survey several projects in Thailand. I am greatly indebted to the nCA office and the project personnel there. The frank comments about their activities was a very useful source of information.

This study was conceived while I was a research assistant in the Department of Development Economics at the University of Heidelberg. The atmosphere there stimulated my interest in the increasing importance of the instimtional dimension of development administration. Since the smdy consists of both theoretical and empirical data, a large number of very different people have helped me to successfully complete the project. For the theoretical parts and the overall framework I am indebted to my advisor Prof. Bruno Knall, Dr. Hans Christoph Rieger, and my colleague Karl Ludwig Brockmann of the Department of Development Economics. I also want to express my gratimde to Bernhard Warkentin, Micheline Beaudry-Somcynsky, Dr. Kraft, Prof. Seifert, Prof. Rifkin, Prof. Liesegang, and Prof. Kieser, who offered useful advice on the overall framework of the smdy. For the empirical parts, I am also indebted to a large number of people in many different organizations. In particular may I express my gratimde to Mr. Kano and Mr. Sasaki of nCA. With their kind assistance I could stay two times as a visiting researcher in nCA and could survey several projects in Thailand. I am greatly indebted to the nCA office and the project personnel there. The frank comments about their activities was a very useful source of information.