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200 1. $a Scientific Babel $b Texte imprimé $e the language of science from the fall of latin to the rise of english $f Michael D. Gordin
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215 .. $a 1 vol. (415 p.) $c ill. $d 20 cm
300 .. $a Notes bibliogr. Index
330 .. $a 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
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