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Neil deGrasse Tyson gives you an answer in a talk at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6473201666872695446 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6473201
by seiji 18y ago
Neil deGrasse Tyson gives you an answer in a talk at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6473201666872695446 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6473201666872695446
He sums it up by saying an Islamic leader declared mathematics to be the work of the devil, so all discourse and innovation stopped.
- eru 18y agoAre you sure you are not mixing up mathematics with astrology? The term 'mathematician' (or better - its equivalent in the day's languages) was often used as a synonym for astrologer.
- rms 18y agoMaybe they also confused it at the time and all mathematicians were associated with astrologers? Surely this must be a decided thing in history...