Science in Translation
Subtitle: Movements of Knowledge Through Cultures and Time
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: May 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780226534817
Subjects: History of science; Translation & interpretation; General; Science / General; Science; Science/Mathematics
First sentence: Astronomy, it is often said, comprises the oldest of the exact sciences, reaching back more than five millennia in the search for precise patterns in the skies and the power to predict them mathematically.