Mathematics in India 4245
SCIENCE. WE DID IT FIRST
Vedic-Hindu principles and spirituality transcend the Judeo-Christian-Islamic definition of "religion", and contain much more -- they include the arts, sciences and technology. I have posted the following excerpts (and many more) over the years:
guenther vonKnakspot can't figure this out, "Indians" refers to Native Americans, not people from India. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 61-14871 Excerpts: "The Mayas attained the highest civilization known in ancient America, and one...
o Excerpt 1 - Indians originated concepts of zero, infinity, numerals o Excerpt 2 - 'Science. We did it first' o Excerpt 3 - Tachyons lose mbutt, energy the faster they travel o Excerpt 4 - Mundakopanishad, Atharv Ved: Tachyons faster than light o Excerpt 5 - Astronomy in ancient Bharat o Excerpt 6 - Knowledge of equinoxes, precession, astrology, palmistry o Excerpt 7 - Achievements of Vedic-Hindu sage-scientists
Excerpt 1
India's heritage of solving problems is often overshadowed by centuries of colonialism and conquest. Outside Delhi I visited one of the oldest monuments to that history . . . pillar of iron alloy, smelted by Indian metallurgists with such skill that it has remained rustless for 1,500 years. (Photograph on page 533.) These superb technicians were brethren of Indian thinkers who originated the concepts of zero and infinity and devised the inaccurately named Arabic numeral system, giving the science of mathematics to a world drenched in supersbreastious ignorance. - Bryan Hodgson in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 167, Number 4, April 1985, page 527
Excerpt 1 ends
Excerpt 2