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> Not true. The period of greatest scientific advancement in human history ( mid-19th to the mid-20th century ) had no lingua franca. Actually, the end of frenc

> Not true. The period of greatest scientific advancement in human history ( mid-19th to the mid-20th century ) had no lingua franca. Actually, the end of french as a 'lingua franca' in europe in the first half of 1800s can partly be credited with the burgeoning of science ( and other academic fields ) in britain, germany, russia, etc. Just like the ending of latin as 'lingua franca' (beginning of the 'vulgar' period ) led to the burgeoning of religion, philosophy, literature, etc throughout europe. Huh?!? That's totally false. The lingua franca changed from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. Depending on the field of science it was either French or German and transitioned to English. For physics it was German moving into English over that 100 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_important_publications_in_physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_important_publications... In math French was a bit more of a player. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_important_publications_in_mathematics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_important_publications... Hilbert for example published in German until the ascendancy of English. Turing's famous work is in German. No one serious was publishing in Russian, Italian, etc. There was a clear lingua franca.

goodbyesf 3y ago
> Huh?!? That's totally false. Lets see who is lying and who is telling the truth. > Depending on the field of science it was either French or German and transitioned to English. Charles Darwin did his work in french? Or was it german? What language did faraday, maxwell, dalton, etc use? French or german? What language did lord kelvin to give us the temperature scale? Can you point to a single scientific paper that an english or american scientist wrote in german or french? > For physics it was German moving into English over that 100 years. Yes I know. I'm not denying that english is lingua franca. > In math French was a bit more of a player. Bit of a more player? That's proving my point. French was not lingua franca. Nobody would say 'english is bit of a more player' in math, science, business, politics, etc. Lingua franca is obvious. You don't have to miscontrue it with such weasely language. > Turing's famous work is in German. I don't know german and I've read turing's original works on computation, AI, morphogenesis, etc. Have you? They were most definitely not written in german. What's with people who know absolutely nothing writing with such authority? > There was a clear lingua franca. So tell me what 'lingua franca' turing was publishing his work in. It wasn't german like you claimed so german wasn't lingua franca. It surely as hell wasn't french. The only lingua franca in europe before english was latin. Neither french nor german ever was 'lingua franca' as you've clearly proved with turing. At best you could argue that english, french and german were major players in science, math, etc. But certainly there was no lingua franca until english took over post-ww2.

goodbyesf 3y ago

> Huh?!? That's totally false. Lets see who is lying and who is telling the truth. > Depending on the field of science it was either French or German and transitioned to English. Charles Darwin did his work in french? Or was it german? What language did faraday, maxwell, dalton, etc use? French or german? What language did lord kelvin to give us the temperature scale? Can you point to a single scientific paper that an english or american scientist wrote in german or french? > For physics it was German moving into English over that 100 years. Yes I know. I'm not denying that english is lingua franca. > In math French was a bit more of a player. Bit of a more player? That's proving my point. French was not lingua franca. Nobody would say 'english is bit of a more player' in math, science, business, politics, etc. Lingua franca is obvious. You don't have to miscontrue it with such weasely language. > Turing's famous work is in German. I don't know german and I've read turing's original works on computation, AI, morphogenesis, etc. Have you? They were most definitely not written in german. What's with people who know absolutely nothing writing with such authority? > There was a clear lingua franca. So tell me what 'lingua franca' turing was publishing his work in. It wasn't german like you claimed so german wasn't lingua franca. It surely as hell wasn't french. The only lingua franca in europe before english was latin. Neither french nor german ever was 'lingua franca' as you've clearly proved with turing. At best you could argue that english, french and german were major players in science, math, etc. But certainly there was no lingua franca until english took over post-ww2.