Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge Through Cultures and Time - Couverture rigide

Montgomery, Scott L.

 
9780226534800: Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge Through Cultures and Time
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ISBN 10 : 0226534804 ISBN 13 : 9780226534800
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2000

Synopsis

In this innovative work, Scott L. Montgomery explores the diverse roles that translation has played in the development of science from antiquity to the present--from the Arabic translations of Greek and Latin texts whose reintroduction to Europe was crucial to the Renaissance, to the origin and evolution of modern science in Japan.

"[A] book of great richness, as much for its examples as for its ideas, which keenly illustrate the development of knowledge across languages and epochs. It is a book to read and reread. Its subject is important; it is ours, it is our history." -André Clas, Meta: Journal des Traducteurs

"[T]his book . . . seems to stand alone on the shelf. A good thing, therefore, that it is so full of good things, both in the content and the prose." --William R. Everdell, MAA Online

"[A]n impressive work. . . . By reminding us of the role of diverse cultures in the elevation of science within a particular nation or civilization, the book makes a substantial contribution to the postmodern worldview that emphasizes multiculturalism." --Choice

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À propos de l?auteur

Scott L. Montgomery is an author and affiliate faculty member in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. A consulting geologist for more than 25 years, he has written many technical papers and monographs on energy-related subjects and is the author or coauthor of numerous books, most recently The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World and Does Science Need a Global Language? English and the Future of Research, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press. He lives in Seattle.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226534804
ISBN 13 
9780226534800
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
333
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780226534817: Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge through Cultures and Time

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0226534812 ISBN 13 :  9780226534817
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2002
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