Scientific Babel : the language of science from the fall of Latin to the rise of English
Gordin, Michael D.2017
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Total copies: 1
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.
Main title:
Author:
Gordin, Michael D., author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2017.
Collation:
415 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781781251157 (pbk)
Dewey class:
501.4
Language:
English
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BRN:
311500