Professor Michael Gordin

Broschiertes Buch

Scientific Babel

The language of science from the fall of Latin to the rise of English

Beschreibung

'Michael Gordin's excellent Scientific Babel asks what drives the languages science uses, and how English came to dominate.' - New Scientist

Autor

Michael Gordin is Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University, where he specialises in the history of modern science. He was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and is a Guggenheim Fellow. His love of language cannot be matched: a veritable polyglot, he speaks Russian, German, French, English, Ido, Esperanto and Latin among others. He has published on the history of science, Russian history and the history of nuclear weapons.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Profile Books Ltd
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9781781251157
• ISBN-10: 1781251150
• Artikelnr.: 47151762