Science in translation : movements of knowledge through cultures and time / Scott L. Montgomery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montgomery, Scott L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Translating--History.

Science.

Science--Language.

Science--Translating.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Summary:

Preface Introduction: Transfers of Learning, Questions of InfluencePart I. The Heavens through Time and Space: A History of Translating Astronomy in the West1. The Era of Roman TranslationFrom Greek Science to Medieval Manuscript2. Astronomy in the EastThe Syriac and Persian-Indian Conversions3. The Formation of Arabic Science, Eighth through Tenth CenturiesTranslation and the Creation of Intellectual Traditions4. Era of Translation into LatinTransformations of the Medieval WorldPart II. Science in the Non-Western World: Levels of Adaptation5. Record of Recent MattersTranslation and the Origins of Modern Japanese Science6. Japanese Science in the MakingOf Texts and TranslatorsPart III. The Contemporary Context: Realities of Change and Difference7. Issues and Examples for the Study of Scientific Translation Today8. ConclusionGained in TranslationReferences Index

Contents:

Introduction: Transfers of Learning, Questions of Influence 1

Part I The Heavens Through Time and Space: A History of Translating Astronomy in the West

1 The Era of Roman Translation: From Greek Science to Medieval Manuscript 17

2 Astronomy in the East: The Syriac and Persian-Indian Conversions 60

3 The Formation of Arabic Science, Eighth through Tenth Centuries: Translation and the Creation of Intellectual Traditions 89

4 Era of Transfer into Latin: Transformations of the Medieval Cosmos 138

Part II Science in the Non-Western World: Levels of Adaptation

5 Record of Recent Matters: Translation and the Origins of Modern Japanese Science 189

6 Japanese Science in the Making: of Texts and Translators 227

Part III The Contemporary Context: Realities of Change and Difference

7 Issues and Examples for the Study of Scientific Translation Today 253

8 Conclusions: Gained in Translation 271.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and index.

ISBN:

0226534804

OCLC:

42682849