Guest guest Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 By "Rajan P. Parrikar" <parrikar> wrote: Indian Mathematics - Redressing the Balance 1: Abstract Mathematics has long been considered an invention of European scholars, as a result of which the contributions of non-European countries have been severely neglected in histories of mathematics. Worse still, many key mathematical developments have been wrongly attributed to scholars of European origin. This has led to so-called Eurocentrism. The neglect of non-European mathematics is no more apparent than when studying the contributions of India. Contrary to Euroscentric belief, scholars from India, over a period of some 4500 years, contributed to some of the greatest mathematical achievements in the history of the subject. http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Projects/Pearce/index.html Warm regards, r I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them - Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-1965) --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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