Book ID: CBB000110538

Science in translation: Movements of knowledge through cultures and time (2000)

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Montgomery, Scott L. (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2000
Physical Details: xi + 325 pp., illus., bibl., index
Language: English

Description Covers “Arabic translations of Greek and Latin texts whose reintroduction to Europe was crucial to the Renaissance, to the origin and evolution of modern science in Japan”. (Abst.)


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Review Sivin, Nathan (2002) Review of "Science in translation: Movements of knowledge through cultures and time". Perspectives in Biology and Medicine (p. 131). unapi

Review Tymoczko, Maria (2002) Review of "Science in translation: Movements of knowledge through cultures and time". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 655). unapi

Review Shapiro, Alan E. (2002) Review of "Science in translation: Movements of knowledge through cultures and time". Physics in Perspective (p. 361). unapi

Review Chan, Henry (2002) Review of "Science in translation: Movements of knowledge through cultures and time". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 89). unapi

Review Quinn, Patrick (2002) Review of "Science in translation: Movements of knowledge through cultures and time". Research in Philosophy and Technology (p. 413). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Roberts, Alexandre M.
Giannini, Giulia
Ghionea, Angela Catalina
Frumer, Yulia
Yücesoy, Hayrettin
Vagelpohl, Uwe
Journals
Micrologus: Nature, Sciences and Medieval Societies
Suhayl: Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Science in Context
Revue d'Histoire des Mathématiques
Medieval Encounters
Publishers
SISMEL edizioni del Galluzzo
Guaraldi
Purdue University (Lafayette, Indiana)
American Philosophical Society
Concepts
Translations
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Transmission of texts
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Transmission of ideas
Medicine
People
Euclid
Spinoza, Baruch
Ptolemy, Claudius
Postel, Guillaume
Poincaré, Jules Henri
Majorana, Ettore
Time Periods
Medieval
Renaissance
Early modern
Ancient
9th century
19th century
Places
Europe
Japan
Byzantium
Netherlands
China
Middle and Near East
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