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Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge Through Cultures and Time

Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge Through Cultures and Time

Montgomery, Scott L.

Paperback

General Science

ISBN10: 0226534812
ISBN13: 9780226534817
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: May 1 2002
Pages: 333
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.20 Depth: 8.98
Language: English
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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