Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge Through Cultures and Time

by Scott L. Montgomery

Book Overview

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.

" A] book of great richness, as much for its examples as for its ideas, which keenly illustrate the development...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226534804
• ISBN13: 9780226534800
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"