The Great Ganesha

Ordinarily, I would not even pay attention to things like “India invented mathematics” and “The vedas have formulas for ICBMs.” Statements like this originate from over-zealous chauvinism and Indocentrism, more than anything else. However, there is a book out (it’s not new) called The Origin of Mathematics by V. Lakshmikantham and S. Leela which claims [...]

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I am shocked. I mean, I don’t know what to say. I never thought I would get this far. So many people to thank for this: I’d like to thank my agent, my family, and of course, all of my little minions who surf the net for me and alert me whenever they find something [...]

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