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The Names of Science: Terminology and Language in the History of the Natural SciencesThe Names of Science: Terminology and Language in the History of the Natural Sciences
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English
Pages
352
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9780198917441

The Names of Science: Terminology and Language in the History of the Natural Sciences

Prof Helge Kragh (Author) · Oxford University Press · Paperback

The Names of Science: Terminology and Language in the History of the Natural Sciences - Prof Helge Kragh

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Synopsis "The Names of Science: Terminology and Language in the History of the Natural Sciences"

The history of science is echoed in the development of its language and the names chosen for its technical terms. The Names of Science examines in detail how, over time, new words have entered the scientific lexicon and how some of them, but far from all, have survived to the present. Why is a transistor called a transistor and not something else? Why was the term 'scientist' only coined in 1834, and why was the name regarded as controversial for a long time afterwards? There is a story behind every scientific word we use today. In this work, Helge Kragh tells many of these stories, taking a broad historical perspective from the Renaissance to the present. By combining elements of linguistics with the history of the natural sciences including physics, chemistry, and astronomy, this book offers a new and innovative perspective on the historical development of the natural sciences. Following an introductory list of useful linguistic terms, the book is structured in six chapters, which cover important phases in the history of science, dealing with a vast range of scientific terminology from physics, chemistry, geology, astronomy, to cosmology. It also considers, if only briefly, how English - and not, say, Latin or French - developed to become the internationally accepted language of science. Contrary to other works dealing with the subject, The Names of Science pays serious attention to the historical dimension of scientific language, and to the way in which scientists have, sometimes unconsciously, acted as linguists and neologists in their research work.

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