Does Science Need a Global Language?: English and the Future of Research

Author:   Scott L. Montgomery ,  David Crystal
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
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9780226535036


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   06 May 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Does Science Need a Global Language?: English and the Future of Research


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Author:   Scott L. Montgomery ,  David Crystal
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:   Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780226535036


ISBN 10:   0226535037
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   06 May 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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It may seem obvious that English is the one truly global language, but Scott Montgomery, himself a professional translator, is the first to assess the costs and benefits of this fact with such clarity. --Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, University of Warwick (10/09/2012)


It may seem obvious that English is the one truly global language, but Scott L. Montgomery, himself a professional translator, is the first to assess the costs and benefits of this fact with such clarity. -Steve Fuller, University of Warwick, UK


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Scott L. Montgomery is a consulting geologist and university lecturer. He is the author of The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science, The Powers That Be: Global Energy for the Twenty-first Century and Beyond, and several books on the history of science and scientific language, including Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge through Cultures and Time.

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