[snip] sanjeev, thanks so much for these enlightening insights into newton and leonardo. these insights are too remarkable and make me wonder, are these the hallmarks of modern civilization, or just a particular civilization?
for instance, the chinese are known to have invented several things in their civilization, you know the usual: gunpowder, sails, etc. what has been their attitude towards knowledge they discover or inventions they make? what about india, as in ancient india? i wonder what was the attitude towards knowledge of ancient indian scientists, whether in mathematics, or ayurveda, or whatever else? am trying to see this from a timeframe that precedes the arrival of the British to india. I do know that Jagdish Chandra Bose, for instance, refused to patent wireless, but that's one exception. what about brazilian ethnic knowledge, or of red-indians, or whoever else? what has been their attitudes towards knowledge and inventions? niyam _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
