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    International Language and Science: Considerations on the Introduction of an International Language into Science
    International Language and Science: Considerations on the Introduction of an International Language into Science
    International Language and Science: Considerations on the Introduction of an International Language into Science
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    International Language and Science: Considerations on the Introduction of an International Language into Science

    By Wilhelm Ostwald, Otto Jespersen, Richard Lorenz and

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    The language barriers in science can cost a lot of time and money. It can ruin years of research, and all the efforts and finances put in use for it can go down the drain. With that and several other practical reasons in mind, the book's five authors from five different countries belonging to three distinct languages have attempted to explain the necessity of having an international auxiliary language for science.

    Contents include:

    The need for a common scientific language, by L. Pfaundler

    The Délégation pour l'adoption d'une langue auxiliaire internationale, by R. Lorenz

    Linguistic principles necessary for the construction of an international auxiliary language, with an appendix on the criticism of Esperanto, by O. Jespersen

    On the application of logic to the problem of an international language, by L. Couturat

    The relationship of the international language to science, by R. Lorenz

    The question of nomenclature, by W. Ostwald

    Conclusion; Reading, Writing, and Speaking, by L. Pfaundler
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateMay 20, 2021
    ISBN4064066119607
    International Language and Science: Considerations on the Introduction of an International Language into Science

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