Название: Knowledge in Translation: Global Patterns of Scientific Exchange, 1000-1800 CE
Автор: Patrick Manning, Abigail Owen
Издательство: University of Pittsburgh Press
Год: 2018
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 464
Размер: 37 Mb
Язык: English
In the second millennium CE, long before English became the language of science, the act of translation was crucial for understanding and disseminating knowledge and information across linguistic and geographic boundaries. This volume considers the complexities of knowledge exchange through the practice of translation over the course of a millennium, across fields of knowledge—cartography, health and medicine, material construction, astronomy—and a wide geographical range, from Eurasia to Africa and the Americas. Contributors literate in Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Minnan, Ottoman, and Persian explore the history of science in the context of world and global history, investigating global patterns and implications in a multilingual and increasingly interconnected world.