Operation paperclip impact on shift to english as the international language of science

Abstract

In today’s world English takes place as the most prevalent choice of lan-guage for international scientific communications. Exchange of scientific knowledge conducted primally in English that is being articles, researches or conferences. That indicates the status of English as the main language of international scientific discourse. The events that forced the decline of German – the previous leading language, can be called the pivotal events that led to the adoption of the global English language.