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Nit: why is it "Hindu-Arabic", or even more egregiously just "Arabic" ? There is negligible innovation on Indian mathematics by the Baghdad school; these people
by tweoiruoi234 4y ago
Nit: why is it "Hindu-Arabic", or even more egregiously just "Arabic" ? There is negligible innovation on Indian mathematics by the Baghdad school; these people just get cited for mere transmission and translation (no doubt important at the time).
I don't cite by postman for delivering the journal paper, now do I ? Another thing to put into my 'the West hates India and its 'heathens' so deeply that is now considered a blasphemy to question the zeitgeist' bin.
- UweSchmidt 4y agoThe past is a different country, and anything that happened before your grandfather was born happened in a different culture altogether. The people who lived in your general geographic area ages ago are not your people, and it's useless to try and set the record straight for them.
- bsnnkv 4y agoThis is such an excellent comment that sums up so much of the feelings that come up when I read/see/hear the kind of "nationalism" (for lack of a more accurate word) in the parent post.