{"product_id":"the-names-of-science-helge-kragh-9780198917458","title":"The Names of Science: Terminology and Language in the History of the Natural Sciences","description":"The history of science is echoed in the development of its language and the names chosen for its technical terms. \u003cem\u003eThe Names of Science\u003c\/em\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContrary to other works dealing with the subject, \u003cem\u003eThe Names of Science\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helge Kragh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198917457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198917458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Helge Kragh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46110881087743,"sku":"9780198917458","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd13ccef-15d0-44ca-b29c-9a689664cf7e.jpg?v=1725470039","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-names-of-science-helge-kragh-9780198917458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}