Writings of early scholars in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece: translating ancient scientific texts
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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Imhausen, Annette 1970- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berlin De Gruyter 2010
Schriftenreihe:Beiträge zur Altertumskunde 286
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110229936
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110229936
http://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.1515/9783110229936
Beschreibung:Main description: Medicine, astronomy, dealing with numbers ? even the cultures of the 0pre-modern0 world offer a rich spectrum of scientific texts. But how are they best translated? Is it sufficient to translate the sources into modern scientific language, and thereby, above all, to identify their deficits? Or would it be better to adopt the perspective of the sources themselves, strange as they are, only for them not to be properly understood by modern readers? Renowned representatives of various disciplines and traditions present a controversial and constructive discussion of these problems
Review text: "To this reviewer, the volume as a whole represents a major contribution to the cultural study of ancient sciences, which is only beginning to receive proper attention. The volume is well produced, and has extensive indices to help the reader."Xianhua Wang in: BMCR 2011.10.11
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 436 S.)
ISBN:9783110229929
9783110229936