▁and ▁culture ▁to ▁culture ▁through ▁translation , ▁Mont gom ery ▁establish es ▁the ▁material istic ▁bases ▁of ▁science , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁dependency ▁of ▁science ▁on ▁language ▁and ▁other ▁cultural ▁frameworks ... The ▁book ▁has ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁languages ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁text ▁in ▁courses ▁taught ▁at ▁univers ities ▁in ▁North ▁America , ▁Europe , ▁the ▁Middle ▁East , ▁and ▁East ▁Asia ▁( Ch ina , ▁Japan , ▁Korea ). ▁ ▁More ▁recently , ▁Mont gom ery ' s ▁Does ▁Science ▁Need ▁a ▁Global ▁Language ? ▁offered ▁a ▁detailed , ▁un par alle led ▁look ▁at ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁English ▁as ▁a ▁global ▁ling ua ▁fran ca ▁in ▁science ▁today ▁and ▁what ▁this ▁means ▁for ▁the ▁scientific ▁community . ▁Pra ised ▁for ▁its ▁nu anced ▁approach ▁and ▁use ▁of ▁history ▁( dis cuss ing ▁past ▁ling ua ▁fran ca ▁of ▁science , ▁such ▁as ▁Greek , ▁Latin , ▁Arab ic , ▁Chinese ), ▁the ▁book ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁controvers ial ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁ins istence ▁that ▁the ▁global ▁use ▁of ▁English ▁has ▁grown ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁science ▁itself , ▁has ▁more ▁pros ▁than ▁cons , ▁and ▁should ▁no ▁longer ▁be ▁viewed ▁as ▁linked ▁to ▁the ▁status ▁and ▁power ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁the ▁book ▁sp ends ▁much ▁space ▁discuss ing ▁the ▁in equ ities ▁and ▁bi ases ▁that ▁have ▁accompanied ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁English , ▁the ▁impact s ▁on ▁other ▁languages , ▁and ▁also