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01/02/21

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Originally posted by Parsifal: ↑

well Islamic scholars were actually once somewhat more advanced in their mathematical abilities than the Christian world

the word algebra has an Arabic root, the word algorithm is derived from the mathematician al khorezem who developed algebra. he was also an astronomer. (14th century- and ive seen his observatory and some of his work). he did not develop calculus but some of his work was a precursor as was that of other Islamic scholars.

newton and Leibniz are credited with developing modern calculus and though the latter published first Newtown was working on it much earlier. But no evidence that he had been taught by moors who by then really weren’t welcome in Spain. Possibly whoever told the story got confused about the Islamic origins Btw there is a claim that some southern Indians developed it well before Newtown but I guess they didn’t count cid they couldn’t write latin or English.

Newton was, by all accounts, a thoroughly obnoxious man and a very strange Christian - into occultism and with unusual views about god. I vaguely recall reading that he used to be involved in some occult studies - maybe the Jewish Kabbalah. But I think that isn’t so unusual in some ways as that is based on the mysteries of numbers and many mathematicians and physicists were fascinated by the potential link between numbers and god - the way to understand the universe.

all fascinating that people even see numbers in that way.

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Yes I thought Newton would almost certainly have been into the occult. He would have been familiar with the mathematician and cartographer, John Dee, who developed the navigation system for the British Navy, in his spare time when he wasn't busy conjuring spirits.

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