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9781781251157
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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 conclusion. In 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.

TITLE: Scientific Babel

AUTHOR: Michael Gordin

SKU: 9781781251157

PUBLISHER: Profile Books Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 16/03/2017

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 432

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 129 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm

WEIGHT: 358 gr

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