Re: OT: needed: witty facts re: positive aspects of Islamic culture
| From: | Hanuman Zhang <zhang@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 1:15 |
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on 4/8/08 4:53 PM, caeruleancentaur at caeruleancentaur@YAHOO.COM wrote:
>> Hanuman Zhang <zhang@...> wrote:
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>> SEE _From One to Zero: A Universal History of Nyumbers_ by Georges
>> Ifrah, translated by Lowell Bair, 1985, Viking Penguin.
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> A fascinating book. I read it many years ago and recommend it to
> everyone.
The entire field of ethnomathematics is fascinating!
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Hanuman Zhang
"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe
is as good as dead; his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein