“Giving a History to Korean science”
JoongAng Daily
July 14, 2014
Emanuel Pastreich
Commercials for German automobiles follow a similar theme. A sleek car is shown racing through a grove of trees and coming to a smooth stop in front of a stately manor house. The narration describes the outstanding tradition of “German engineering” that gives this luxury car an exquisite solidity that cannot be found in other run-of-the-mill brands.
Such advertisements are so effective only because every educated person knows that Germany has a remarkable tradition of science and engineering that can be traced back to Johannes Gutenberg’s printings of the Bible and has produced outstanding figures like Max Planck, Albert Einstein and Konrad Zuse. German engineering does not require any special explanation. There is a solid, reliable and trust-inspiring aspect to German engineering that does not require a footnote.







