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Re:Why the Arabic world turned away from science (2011) by vivekpandian on Friday October 09, 2020 @01:10PM (#24732046)
It's incorrect to say that algebra was from Arabia or middle-east. Mathematics, science, medicine etc travelled from India to Arabia. During their trade with India, Sanskrit works were translated by arabs. And during their european conquest, these arabic works travelled to europe
Re:Why the Arabic world turned away from science (2011) by aaronblohowiak on Friday October 09, 2020 @01:21PM (#24732178)
this is explicitly addressed and refuted in the article.