Science in translation
Subtitle: movements of knowledge through cultures and time
By: Scott L. Montgomery.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Science -- Translating -- History; Science -- Language
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-315) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: transfers of learning, questions of influence; title: The heavens through time and space: a history of translating astronomy in the West; title: The era of Roman translation: from Greek science to medieval manuscript; title: Astronomy in the East: the Syriac and Persian-Indian conversions; title: The formation of Arabic science, eighth through tenth centuries: translation and the creation of intellectual traditions; title: Era of transfer into Latin: transformations of the medieval cosmos; title: Science in the non-western world: levels of adaptation; title: Record of recent matters: translations and the origins of modern Japanese science; title: Japanese science in the making: of texts and translators; title: The contemporary context: realities of change and difference; title: Issues and examples for the study of scientific translation today; title: Conclusions: gained in translation.