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In early 2012, the global scientific community erupted with news that the elusive Higgs boson had likely been found, providing potent validation for the Standard Model of how the universe works. Scientists from more than one hundred countries contributed to this discovery-proving, beyond any doubt, that a new era in science had arrived, an era of multinationalism and cooperative reach. Globalization, the Internet, and digital technology all play a role in making this new era possible, but something more fundamental is also at work. In all scientific endeavors lies the ancient drive for sharing ideas and knowledge, and now this can be accomplished in a single tongue - English. But is this a good thing? In "Does Science Need a Global Language?", Scott L. Montgomery seeks to answer this question by investigating the phenomenon of global English in science, how and why it came about, the forms in which it appears, what advantages and disadvantages it brings, and what its future might be. He also examines the consequences of a global tongue, considering especially emerging and developing nations, where research is still at a relatively early stage and English is not yet firmly established.
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"It may seem obvious that English is the one truly global language, but Scott Montgomery, himself a professional translator, is the first to assess the costs and benefits of this fact with such clarity."--Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, University of Warwick
"Montgomery makes a convincing case, and he does it with an engaging style."--Steven Breckler "PsycCRITIQUES "
-It may seem obvious that English is the one truly global language, but Scott Montgomery, himself a professional translator, is the first to assess the costs and benefits of this fact with such clarity.---Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, University of Warwick
-Montgomery makes a convincing case, and he does it with an engaging style.---Steven Breckler -PsycCRITIQUES -
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"Montgomery makes a convincing case, and he does it with an engaging style."--Steven Breckler "PsycCRITIQUES "
-It may seem obvious that English is the one truly global language, but Scott Montgomery, himself a professional translator, is the first to assess the costs and benefits of this fact with such clarity.---Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, University of Warwick
-Montgomery makes a convincing case, and he does it with an engaging style.---Steven Breckler -PsycCRITIQUES -
Scott L. Montgomery is a consulting geologist and university lecturer. He is the author of The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science, The Powers That Be: Global Energy for the Twenty-first Century and Beyond, and several books on the history of science and scientific language, including Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge through Cultures and Time.
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- ISBN 10 022601004X
- ISBN 13 9780226010045
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