RE:Objectionable ... by Sandipan chakraborty on Aug 14, 2007 12:05 PM  Permalink That's bcuz mr Man-Mohan ji's daughter is in U.S..pursuing higher studies.. :-)    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Objectionable ... by Mikkey Moouse on Aug 14, 2007 12:20 PM  Permalink DONT FORGET THAT THE 1ST NUCLEAR REACTOR AT TARAPUR WAS BUILT FREE OF COST BY AMERICA    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Objectionable ... by Seshadri on Aug 14, 2007 02:18 PM  Permalink mikkey.. are you a tum tum of america? yes... america had helped in setting up the tarapur plant.. do you know that they stopped supply of fuel and we had to source from russia and france... dont make statements which portray america as the saviour and india as the small poor brother... and for heaven's sake.. put the capslock off...    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Objectionable ... by shishu nagpal on Aug 14, 2007 12:19 PM  Permalink hi. guy in this era there is nothing gain wo us so pl try to understand and be a us partner if u need good development or any thing else in good value, u can ignore this but this is the todays reality, i m not saying that v shud lean but if there is more gain then small less then deal is not harmful. remember if v woud take us before as r partner then we wud be at the level of Britain and all these problem of pak china would be erase. but now when us himself forwarding to us then why should not we. so pl keep all thing aside and think as well wisher of in0dia as a good citizen.    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:Newton's Infinite Series: We heard it in Malayalam first by Dream Girl on Aug 14, 2007 11:36 AM  Permalink Rest of the article... It got truncated... In fact Dr George Gheverghese Joseph, one of the researcher and Honorary Reader, School of Education at The University of Manchester came to know of the ancient discovery while trawling through obscure Indian papers for a yet to be published third edition of his best selling book 'The Crest of the Peacock: the Non-European Roots of Mathematics' by Princeton University Press. He said: "The beginnings of modern maths is usually seen as a European achievement but the discoveries in medieval India between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries have been ignored or forgotten. "The brilliance of Newton's work at the end of the seventeenth century stands undiminished - especially when it came to the algorithms of calculus. "But other names from the Kerala School, notably Madhava and Nilakantha, should stand shoulder to shoulder with him as they discovered the other great component of calculus- infinite series. "There were many reasons why the contribution of the Kerala school has not been acknowledged - a prime reason is neglect of scientific ideas emanating from the Non-European world - a legacy of European colonialism and beyond. "But there is also little knowledge of the medieval form of the local language of Kerala, Malayalam, in which some of most seminal texts, such as the Yuktibhasa, from much of the documentation of this remarkable mathematics is written." He added: "For some unfathomable reasons, the standard o    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Newton's Infinite Series: We heard it in Malayalam first by Dream Girl on Aug 14, 2007 11:37 AM  Permalink He added: "For some unfathomable reasons, the standard of evidence required to claim transmission of knowledge from East to West is greater than the standard of evidence required to knowledge from West to East. "Certainly it's hard to imagine that the West would abandon a 500-year-old tradition of importing knowledge and books from India and the Islamic world. But we've found evidence which goes far beyond that: for example, there was plenty of opportunity to collect the information as European Jesuits were present in the area at that time. They were learned with a strong background in maths and were well versed in the local languages. And there was strong motivation: Pope Gregory XIII set up a committee to look into modernising the Julian calendar." On the committee was the German Jesuit astronomer/mathematician Clavius who repeatedly requested information on how people constructed calendars in other parts of the world. The Kerala School was undoubtedly a leading light in this area. Similarly there was a rising need for better navigational methods including keeping accurate time on voyages of exploration and large prizes were offered to mathematicians who specialised in astronomy. Again, there were many such requests for information across the world from leading Jesuit researchers in Europe. Kerala mathematicians were hugely skilled in this area.    Forward   |   Report abuse

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