Scientific Babel
Michael D. Gordin · 2015
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Today scientists are a resolutely monoglot community, using exclusively English - but the rise of English was anything but inevitable and only very recent. In a sweeping history, from the Middle Ages through to today, Michael Gordin untangles the web of politics, money, personality and international conflict that led to the English language dominated world of science we now inhabit. He takes us on a journey from the fall of Latin to the rise of English, telling how we lost Dutch, Italian, Swedish and many other languages on the way. The significance of language in the nationalistic r.
Book details
- Year
- 2015
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Editions
- 4
- ISBN
- 9781847659583
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