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On science and English
Author(s) -
Wong MinLiang
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/sj.embor.7400946
Subject(s) - biology , political science
In their recent Viewpoint, ‘Is there science beyond English?’, Rogerio Meneghini and Abel Packer discuss the dominance of English in scientific journals and the language barriers facing non‐English‐speaking scientists (Meneghini & Packer, 2007). However, if we go back a mere 100 years, the title of the essay could easily have been ‘Is there science beyond German?’.In Einstein's German World , historian Fritz Stern wrote, “It was in April 1979 in West Berlin. Raymond Aron and I were walking to an exhibit commemorating the centenary of the births of Einstein, Max von Laue, Otto …
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