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Tell It Like It Is?

Science, society and the ivory tower

by Michèle Cooke (Volume editor)
©2012 Edited Collection 136 Pages
Series: Translation Happens, Volume 2

Summary

The whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Could we ever tell it all? And if we did, who would understand it? The facts of science are always partial truths – yours, mine or somebody else’s. All struggling to be heard, and believed. Accepting the facts means seeing them. And people only see what they want to see. If we want our facts to survive, they have to fit in with other people’s truths. And there is room for more than one winner.

Details

Pages
136
Year
2012
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631597156
Language
English
Keywords
Racism Science Translation Poetry Knowledge transfer Communication and power
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012. 136 pp., 2 ill., 2 tables

Biographical notes

Michèle Cooke (Volume editor)

Michèle Cooke is Associate Professor at the University of Vienna, where she teaches translation and intercultural communication.

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