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wait, isn't english the international language of science as well? i thought it was...

• Juliate 7y ago
  Like, Arabic was about 10 centuries ago? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_the_medieval_Islami... Or Greek before? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_in_classical_antiquity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_in_classica... Or Chinese? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_and_technology_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_and_technol...
  • kaesar14 7y ago
    Isn't the difference here that science has become a global institution, and far more complex than it was in any of those societies?
    • Juliate 7y ago
      Science is a placeholder here, in the context of which language being used to express and articulate complex thoughts.