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Scientific Babel: The Language of Science from the Fall of Latin to the Rise of English by Michael Gordin
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Category: Science & Natural History
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 ...Show more
Scientific Babel: The Language of Science from the Fall of Latin to the Rise of English by Michael Gordin
49.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
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 con ...Show more
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