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How Modern Mathematics Emerged from a Lost Islamic Library

SOURCE: BBC BY: ADRIENNE BERNHARD Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world. 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 … Continued

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