de Gruyter
Writings of Early Scholars in the Ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece: Translating Ancient Scientific Texts
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- Annette Imhausen
- de Gruyter
- Hardcover
- 9783110229929
- 9.21 X 6.14 X 1 inches
- 1.78 pounds
- History > Ancient - Egypt
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Wissenschaftliche Texte der vormodernen Welt konfrontieren die modernen Bearbeiter und Rezipienten mit besonderen Problemen: Eine �bertragung in den zeitgen�ssischen Wissenschaftsjargon ebnet wom�glich die Fremdheit der Konzepte ungeb�hrlich ein, w�hrend eine die Perspektive der Texte selbst betonende Wiedergabe Gefahr l�uft, fachfremde Interessenten an inad�quate, oft veraltete, wenn auch leichter lesbare �bersetzungen zu verweisen. Wie wird man den Texten gerecht, ohne in die Falle einer gut gemeinten, aber fehlerhaften relativistischen Perspektive zu geraten? Was macht �berhaupt die Wissenschaftlichkeit einer antiken Erkenntnisbem�hung aus? Sind die Texte �ber die Feststellung hinaus,wie es einst gewesen, f�r uns von Interesse? Ausgewiesene Kenner ihrer jeweiligen Fachgebiete bieten Fallstudien u. a. aus den Bereichen der Medizin, Astronomie, Mathematik sowie methodologische �berlegungen zur L�sung des �bersetzungsproblems.
Author Bio
Annette Imhausen is professor of the history of science at Goethe University, Frankfurt. She is the author of Egyptian Algorithms.
Professor Imhausen was born in 1970 in Rüsselsheim, Germany and after high school, first studied mathematics, chemistry and Egyptology at the University of Mainz.
Graduated in 1996 (first state examination), then studied Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the Free University of Berlin and obtained PhD in the history of mathematics in 2000.
Professor was Imhausen was awarded Research stays in Cambridge, Mass. (Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology, MIT, 2000-2002) and Cambridge, England (Trinity Hall College and Department of History and Philosophy of Science, 2002-2006).
She was firs appointed to the University of Mainz as a junior professor in the history of mathematics in 2006 and since January 2009 professor for the history of science in the premodern world at the Department of History.
Professor Imhausen is a member of the Cluster of Excellence "Formation of Normative Orders" at the University of Frankfurt.
Source: University of Frankfurt
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