Translating Textbooks: Russian, German, and the Language of Chemistry
Author(s): Gordin, Michael D
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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1tq5rd4r| Abstract: | Using the cases of three Russian chemistry textbooks from the 1860s—authored by Freidrich Beilstein, A. M. Butlerov, and D. I. Mendeleev—this essay analyzes their contemporary translation into German and the implications of their divergent histories for scholars' understanding of the processes of credit accrual and the choices of languages of science. |
| Publication Date: | Mar-2012 |
| Citation: | Gordin, Michael D. "Translating Textbooks: Russian, German, and the Language of Chemistry." Isis 103, no. 1 (2012): 88-98. doi:10.1086/664980. |
| DOI: | doi:10.1086/664980 |
| ISSN: | 0021-1753 |
| EISSN: | 1545-6994 |
| Pages: | 88 - 98 |
| Language: | eng |
| Type of Material: | Journal Article |
| Journal/Proceeding Title: | Isis |
| Version: | Final published version. Article is made available in OAR by the publisher's permission or policy. |
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