Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge Through Cultures and Time
- ISBN-10
- 0226534812
- ISBN-13
- 9780226534817
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 325
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Author
- Scott L. Montgomery
Description
Montgomery explores the roles that translation has played in the development of Western science from antiquity to the end of the 20th century. He presents case histories of science in translation from a variety of disciplines & cultural contexts.
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