Experimenting in Tongues: Studies in Science and Language

References to language abound in the sciences: biologists speak about "reading" the human genome and "rewriting" the genetic code, computer scientists develop "programming language," and mathematicians seek a "universal symbolic language." What is behind these references to language, and what do they say about how science actually works? This concise but ambitious volume brings together leading scholars in the history of science to address these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804744416
• ISBN13: 9780804744416
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"