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Scientific Babel
The language of science from the fall of Latin to the rise of English
Taschenbuch von Michael Gordin
Sprache: Englisch

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Today, the language of science is English. But the dominance of this particular language is a relatively recent phenomenon - and far from a foregone [...] a sweeping history that takes us from antiquity to the modern day, Michael D. Gordin untangles the web of politics, money, personality and international conflict that created the monoglot world of science we now inhabit. Beginning with the rise of Latin, Gordin reveals how we went on to use (and then lose) Dutch, Italian, Swedish and many other languages on the way, and sheds light on just how significant language is in the nationalistic realm of science - just one word mistranslated into German from Russian triggered an inflammatory face-off between the two countries for the credit of having discovered the periodic table. Intelligent, revealing and full of compelling stories, Scientific Babel shows how the world has shaped science just as much as science has transformed the world.
Today, the language of science is English. But the dominance of this particular language is a relatively recent phenomenon - and far from a foregone [...] a sweeping history that takes us from antiquity to the modern day, Michael D. Gordin untangles the web of politics, money, personality and international conflict that created the monoglot world of science we now inhabit. Beginning with the rise of Latin, Gordin reveals how we went on to use (and then lose) Dutch, Italian, Swedish and many other languages on the way, and sheds light on just how significant language is in the nationalistic realm of science - just one word mistranslated into German from Russian triggered an inflammatory face-off between the two countries for the credit of having discovered the periodic table. Intelligent, revealing and full of compelling stories, Scientific Babel shows how the world has shaped science just as much as science has transformed the world.
Über den Autor
Michael Gordin is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University, where he specialises in the history of modern science. He was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and is a Guggenheim Fellow. His love of language cannot be matched: a veritable polyglot, he speaks Russian, German, English, Ido, Esperanto and Latin among many other languages. He has published on the history of science, Russian history and the history of nuclear weapons.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781781251157
ISBN-10: 1781251150
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gordin, Michael
Hersteller: Profile Books Ltd
Maße: 198 x 128 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Michael Gordin
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.03.2017
Gewicht: 0,347 kg
Artikel-ID: 107919026
Über den Autor
Michael Gordin is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University, where he specialises in the history of modern science. He was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and is a Guggenheim Fellow. His love of language cannot be matched: a veritable polyglot, he speaks Russian, German, English, Ido, Esperanto and Latin among many other languages. He has published on the history of science, Russian history and the history of nuclear weapons.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781781251157
ISBN-10: 1781251150
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gordin, Michael
Hersteller: Profile Books Ltd
Maße: 198 x 128 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Michael Gordin
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.03.2017
Gewicht: 0,347 kg
Artikel-ID: 107919026
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