How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library

[Disir]

The House of Wisdom sounds a bit like make believe: no trace remains of this ancient library, destroyed in the 13th Century, so we cannot be sure exactly where it was located or what it looked like.

But this prestigious academy was in fact a major intellectual powerhouse in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age, and the birthplace of mathematical concepts as transformative as the common zero and our modern-day “Arabic” numerals.

Founded as a private collection for caliph Harun Al-Rashid in the late 8th Century then converted to a public academy some 30 years later, the House of Wisdom appears to have pulled scientists from all over the world towards Baghdad, drawn as they were by the city’s vibrant intellectual curiosity and freedom of expression (Muslim, Jewish and Christian scholars were all allowed to study there).

An archive as formidable in size as the present-day British Library in London or the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris, the House of Wisdom eventually became an unrivalled centre for the study of humanities and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, medicine, chemistry, geography, philosophy, literature and the arts – as well as some more dubious subjects such as alchemy and astrology.

How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library

Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world.

www.bbc.com

That's an interesting bit of history.

 

[JGalt]

The House of Wisdom sounds a bit like make believe: no trace remains of this ancient library, destroyed in the 13th Century, so we cannot be sure exactly where it was located or what it looked like.

But this prestigious academy was in fact a major intellectual powerhouse in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age, and the birthplace of mathematical concepts as transformative as the common zero and our modern-day “Arabic” numerals.

Founded as a private collection for caliph Harun Al-Rashid in the late 8th Century then converted to a public academy some 30 years later, the House of Wisdom appears to have pulled scientists from all over the world towards Baghdad, drawn as they were by the city’s vibrant intellectual curiosity and freedom of expression (Muslim, Jewish and Christian scholars were all allowed to study there).

An archive as formidable in size as the present-day British Library in London or the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris, the House of Wisdom eventually became an unrivalled centre for the study of humanities and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, medicine, chemistry, geography, philosophy, literature and the arts – as well as some more dubious subjects such as alchemy and astrology.

How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library

Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world.

www.bbc.com

That's an interesting bit of history.

Achmed called. He says he want his numbers back or else he blows himself up in your front yard. I don't think he's fooling.

Here: Give him this, it might hold him off for awhile...

 

[Disir]

The House of Wisdom sounds a bit like make believe: no trace remains of this ancient library, destroyed in the 13th Century, so we cannot be sure exactly where it was located or what it looked like.

But this prestigious academy was in fact a major intellectual powerhouse in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age, and the birthplace of mathematical concepts as transformative as the common zero and our modern-day “Arabic” numerals.

Founded as a private collection for caliph Harun Al-Rashid in the late 8th Century then converted to a public academy some 30 years later, the House of Wisdom appears to have pulled scientists from all over the world towards Baghdad, drawn as they were by the city’s vibrant intellectual curiosity and freedom of expression (Muslim, Jewish and Christian scholars were all allowed to study there).

An archive as formidable in size as the present-day British Library in London or the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris, the House of Wisdom eventually became an unrivalled centre for the study of humanities and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, medicine, chemistry, geography, philosophy, literature and the arts – as well as some more dubious subjects such as alchemy and astrology.

How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library

Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world.

www.bbc.com

That's an interesting bit of history.

Achmed called. He says he want his numbers back or else he blows himself up in your front yard. I don't think he's fooling.

Here: Give him this, it might hold him off for awhile...

Jeebuz.

 

[justinacolmena]

English words like algebra, arithmetic, algorithm, etc. all derive from Arabic.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

The House of Wisdom sounds a bit like make believe: no trace remains of this ancient library, destroyed in the 13th Century, so we cannot be sure exactly where it was located or what it looked like.

But this prestigious academy was in fact a major intellectual powerhouse in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age, and the birthplace of mathematical concepts as transformative as the common zero and our modern-day “Arabic” numerals.

Founded as a private collection for caliph Harun Al-Rashid in the late 8th Century then converted to a public academy some 30 years later, the House of Wisdom appears to have pulled scientists from all over the world towards Baghdad, drawn as they were by the city’s vibrant intellectual curiosity and freedom of expression (Muslim, Jewish and Christian scholars were all allowed to study there).

An archive as formidable in size as the present-day British Library in London or the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris, the House of Wisdom eventually became an unrivalled centre for the study of humanities and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, medicine, chemistry, geography, philosophy, literature and the arts – as well as some more dubious subjects such as alchemy and astrology.

How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library

Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world.

www.bbc.com

That's an interesting bit of history.

That's awesome!

What have Muslims given us in the last thousand years?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

But it wasn't until the West incorporated it into the modern world that mathematics became the empowering force that it is today.

 

[justinacolmena]

That's awesome!

What have Muslims given us in the last thousand years?

The math was before the time of Mohammed, wasn't it?
Because since Mohammed, mathematics is forbidden as vice, because under Islam it is considered the equivalent of bookmaking and gambling.

 

[Disir]

The House of Wisdom sounds a bit like make believe: no trace remains of this ancient library, destroyed in the 13th Century, so we cannot be sure exactly where it was located or what it looked like.

But this prestigious academy was in fact a major intellectual powerhouse in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age, and the birthplace of mathematical concepts as transformative as the common zero and our modern-day “Arabic” numerals.

Founded as a private collection for caliph Harun Al-Rashid in the late 8th Century then converted to a public academy some 30 years later, the House of Wisdom appears to have pulled scientists from all over the world towards Baghdad, drawn as they were by the city’s vibrant intellectual curiosity and freedom of expression (Muslim, Jewish and Christian scholars were all allowed to study there).

An archive as formidable in size as the present-day British Library in London or the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris, the House of Wisdom eventually became an unrivalled centre for the study of humanities and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, medicine, chemistry, geography, philosophy, literature and the arts – as well as some more dubious subjects such as alchemy and astrology.

How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library

Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world.

www.bbc.com

That's an interesting bit of history.

That's awesome!

What have Muslims given us in the last thousand years?

shit.

 

[Sunni Man]

If you look at the intricate tile work covering the ancient mosques inside and outside throughout the middle east. It is composed of beautiful geometric patterns involving complex mathematics.

 

[irosie91]

The House of Wisdom sounds a bit like make believe: no trace remains of this ancient library, destroyed in the 13th Century, so we cannot be sure exactly where it was located or what it looked like.

But this prestigious academy was in fact a major intellectual powerhouse in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age, and the birthplace of mathematical concepts as transformative as the common zero and our modern-day “Arabic” numerals.

Founded as a private collection for caliph Harun Al-Rashid in the late 8th Century then converted to a public academy some 30 years later, the House of Wisdom appears to have pulled scientists from all over the world towards Baghdad, drawn as they were by the city’s vibrant intellectual curiosity and freedom of expression (Muslim, Jewish and Christian scholars were all allowed to study there).

An archive as formidable in size as the present-day British Library in London or the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris, the House of Wisdom eventually became an unrivalled centre for the study of humanities and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, medicine, chemistry, geography, philosophy, literature and the arts – as well as some more dubious subjects such as alchemy and astrology.

How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library

Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world.

www.bbc.com

That's an interesting bit of history.

how does it interest you? the city RENAMED Baghdad was a site of intellectual development long before the rapist of mecca was born and long before
the 8th century when it was invaded by arab barbarians. It was a very cosmopolitan place containing a coalescence of the genius of the many
cultures that met there----christians, jews, zoroastrians--------all of which traveled "AFAR"----to the ends of
the persian empire and even into India where---the places where mathematics and astronomy became
developed sciences in ancient times

 

[justinacolmena]

the city RENAMED Baghdad was a site of intellectual development long before the rapist of mecca was born and long before
the 8th century when it was invaded by arab barbarians. It was a very cosmopolitan place containing a coalescence of the genius of the many
cultures that met there----christians, jews, zoroastrians--------all of which traveled "AFAR"----to the ends of
the persian empire and even into India where---the places where mathematics and astronomy became
developed sciences in ancient times

Intellectual development and mathematical learning were stifled in the middle east by Islamic extremists during the Middle Ages even as it happened throughout Christendom under the Roman Catholic Church. The classics of liberal and fine arts died out under religious extremism and institutional buttfuckery.

 

[irosie91]

If you look at the intricate tile work covering the ancient mosques inside and outside throughout the middle east. It is composed of geometric patterns involving complex mathematics.
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what "ancient mosques" are you calling the
structures of the 8th century AD "ancient"?----
or do you want to claim that the mathematics
developed largely in the eastern parts of the persian
empire and INDIA----had something to do with arabian islam? I don't think that the residents of the
INDUS valley called their temples "mosques" In fact,
I doubt that many of the "muslims" in 8th century
Baghdad were literate in any language

 

[Sunni Man]

The Taj Mahal in India was built during the rule of the muslim Mughal dynasty.
It's considered by many architects to be the most beautiful and symmetrically perfect building in the world.

 

[Disir]

The House of Wisdom sounds a bit like make believe: no trace remains of this ancient library, destroyed in the 13th Century, so we cannot be sure exactly where it was located or what it looked like.

But this prestigious academy was in fact a major intellectual powerhouse in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age, and the birthplace of mathematical concepts as transformative as the common zero and our modern-day “Arabic” numerals.

Founded as a private collection for caliph Harun Al-Rashid in the late 8th Century then converted to a public academy some 30 years later, the House of Wisdom appears to have pulled scientists from all over the world towards Baghdad, drawn as they were by the city’s vibrant intellectual curiosity and freedom of expression (Muslim, Jewish and Christian scholars were all allowed to study there).

An archive as formidable in size as the present-day British Library in London or the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris, the House of Wisdom eventually became an unrivalled centre for the study of humanities and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, medicine, chemistry, geography, philosophy, literature and the arts – as well as some more dubious subjects such as alchemy and astrology.

How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library

Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world.

www.bbc.com

That's an interesting bit of history.

how does it interest you? the city RENAMED Baghdad was a site of intellectual development long before the rapist of mecca was born and long before
the 8th century when it was invaded by arab barbarians. It was a very cosmopolitan place containing a coalescence of the genius of the many
cultures that met there----christians, jews, zoroastrians--------all of which traveled "AFAR"----to the ends of
the persian empire and even into India where---the places where mathematics and astronomy became
developed sciences in ancient times

Oh, everything from the fact that it existed to the Mongol Siege of Baghdad in 1258 to Fibonacci.

 

[irosie91]

The Taj Mahal in India was built during the rule of the muslim Mughal dynasty.
It's considered by many architects to be the most beautiful and perfect building in the world.
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Schmuck Jahan didn't build it------It was built by
HINDU INDIAN ARTISANS with stolen precious
metals and gems. The Dome feature also developed
in ancient India and eastern parts of the Persian empire as well as the arches ----both of which were prevalent
features even in ANCIENT TIMES in Mesopotamia---
very developed thruout Persian Empire later the very
extensive Roman Empire------long before arabic was a written language (circa 300 AD)-----using a script derived from Farsi----and Amharic. The development of written arabic, although relatively recent, remains buried in lands unexcavated--under muslim control

 

[Sunni Man]

Anytime there is a thread about Islam and muslims.
The rabid troll Irosie shows up with her crazed spin on history. ... ..

 

[fncceo]

What have Muslims given us in the last thousand years?

Pita Bread, Fazlur Khan, and "I Dream of Jeannie"

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

The House of Wisdom sounds a bit like make believe: no trace remains of this ancient library, destroyed in the 13th Century, so we cannot be sure exactly where it was located or what it looked like.

But this prestigious academy was in fact a major intellectual powerhouse in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age, and the birthplace of mathematical concepts as transformative as the common zero and our modern-day “Arabic” numerals.

Founded as a private collection for caliph Harun Al-Rashid in the late 8th Century then converted to a public academy some 30 years later, the House of Wisdom appears to have pulled scientists from all over the world towards Baghdad, drawn as they were by the city’s vibrant intellectual curiosity and freedom of expression (Muslim, Jewish and Christian scholars were all allowed to study there).

An archive as formidable in size as the present-day British Library in London or the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris, the House of Wisdom eventually became an unrivalled centre for the study of humanities and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, medicine, chemistry, geography, philosophy, literature and the arts – as well as some more dubious subjects such as alchemy and astrology.

How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library

Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world.

www.bbc.com

That's an interesting bit of history.

So we can all say that because of the Muslims, they are the ones that created "racism"...Allah damn camel jockeys, always fucking it up for black people.

Mathematics association declares math is racist

The Mathematical Association of America released a statement Friday claiming that mathematicians should engage in “uncomfortable conversations” about race.

thepostmillennial.com

 

[JGalt]

The House of Wisdom sounds a bit like make believe: no trace remains of this ancient library, destroyed in the 13th Century, so we cannot be sure exactly where it was located or what it looked like.

But this prestigious academy was in fact a major intellectual powerhouse in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age, and the birthplace of mathematical concepts as transformative as the common zero and our modern-day “Arabic” numerals.

Founded as a private collection for caliph Harun Al-Rashid in the late 8th Century then converted to a public academy some 30 years later, the House of Wisdom appears to have pulled scientists from all over the world towards Baghdad, drawn as they were by the city’s vibrant intellectual curiosity and freedom of expression (Muslim, Jewish and Christian scholars were all allowed to study there).

An archive as formidable in size as the present-day British Library in London or the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris, the House of Wisdom eventually became an unrivalled centre for the study of humanities and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, medicine, chemistry, geography, philosophy, literature and the arts – as well as some more dubious subjects such as alchemy and astrology.

How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library

Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world.

www.bbc.com

That's an interesting bit of history.

That's awesome!

What have Muslims given us in the last thousand years?

Negro slaves? Lots of them.

 

[PoliticalChic]

The Taj Mahal in India was built during the rule of the muslim Mughal dynasty.
It's considered by many architects to be the most beautiful and symmetrically perfect building in the world.
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I've never been to the Taj Mahal yet, but been to the Alhambra several times, and it matches the description you stated.