Astronomy, it is often said, comprises the oldest of the exact sciences, reaching back more than five millennia in the search for precise patterns in the skies and the power to predict them mathematically.
An edition of Science in Translation
(2000)
Science in translation
movements of knowledge through cultures and time
by Scott L. Montgomery
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Table of Contents
Introduction: transfers of learning, questions of influence
The heavens through time and space: a history of translating astronomy in the West
The era of Roman translation: from Greek science to medieval manuscript
Astronomy in the East: the Syriac and Persian-Indian conversions
The formation of Arabic science, eighth through tenth centuries: translation and the creation of intellectual traditions
Era of transfer into Latin: transformations of the medieval cosmos
Science in the non-western world: levels of adaptation
Record of recent matters: translations and the origins of modern Japanese science
Japanese science in the making: of texts and translators
The contemporary context: realities of change and difference
Issues and examples for the study of scientific translation today
Conclusions: gained in translation.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-315) and index.
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