Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge Through Cultures and Time

Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge Through Cultures and Time

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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.

Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge Through Cultures and Time,Scott L. Montgomery,University Of Chicago Press,0226534812,General,Science,Science/Mathematics,Science / General

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