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For some reason or other, from time to time we've been preoccupied with
the question of Eurocentric science, and the extent to which other
civilizations, in particular African-based ones, have contributed to and
advanced European science.
We are not alone. _Nature_ has just reviewed two books which attempt to
illuminate on this question. The books are:
Aladdin's Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic
World by John Freely
Science and Islam: A History by Ehsan Masood
I have recently been introduced to the work of a Persian polymath
and medical researcher, whose westernized name is Avicenna. He
seems to be the Persian equivalent of Isaac Newton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna
Ken
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Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected]
Professor and Assistant Chairperson
Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
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