That's quite surprising to me! Because it used to be the case that some reading ability in German was required for the serious engineer or scientist. From mem

That's quite surprising to me! Because it used to be the case that some reading ability in German was required for the serious engineer or scientist. From memory from around 1850 up to 1920s. (I'm not that old heh, but I know people who have done serious historical research in engineering that required German)