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Saturday Morning Physics | When “Physic(k)s” Lost Its ‘k’ and other Language Quarks

Anne Curzan, Geneva Smitherman Collegiate Professor of English, Linguistics, and Education (U-M)

Close-up of the word 'physics' on a dictionary page. Close-up of the word 'physics' on a dictionary page.
Close-up of the word 'physics' on a dictionary page.
Good linguistic fun for science and word enthusiasts alike! Linguist Anne Curzan will talk about quirky etymologies, the metaphors that abound in scientific language (and whether that’s a problem), as well as how human narratives (and the pronoun “I”) dropped out of scientific writing.

Lecture and Q&A, live-streamed on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z3jkjJBGnw
Close-up of the word 'physics' on a dictionary page. Close-up of the word 'physics' on a dictionary page.
Close-up of the word 'physics' on a dictionary page.

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