Islamic tiles reveal sophisticated maths

news@nature.com ^ | 22 February 2007 | Philip Ball

[BipolarBob]

They used to build magnificent structures. Now they blow up magnificent structures. Not what I would call progress.

[taxesareforever]

And from this was derived the Washington State WASL exam.

[WBL 1952]

Sorry, Muslim SLAVES use to design and build magnificent structures with the knowledge that the slaves had from their own foreign lands which was then claimed by the Muslims as their own.

[billbears]

bump. Thanks for posting this. Always amazes me to see how Islamic scientists and mathematicians expanded our understanding of science and how it passed on to the West. While current followers of Islam are not of the same cloth, it is interesting to see what they had to add in the past

[edcoil]

Muslims, or the Moors were excellent at construction. Muslims were not Islamic. They deteriorated to Islam in the 20th century and the middle east greatness was lost. That is the problem. they blame the west for the loss not their own culture and leaders.

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789584/posts

Mediaeval Muslims made stunning math breakthrough
Scotsman ^ | 22-Feb-07 | Will Dunham


Posted on 02/22/2007 6:15:51 PM PST by xcamel

[goodnesswins]

ROFL...thanks for THAT laugh!

[ClearCase_guy]

Muslims were not Islamic. They deteriorated to Islam in the 20th century

Hello?

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[isthisnickcool]

mohammad 1 has cut off two heads and has put them on a camel headed to mecca at 2 miles and hour. mohammad 2 has three heads strapped to his goat in medina. If both mohammads leave at the same time and at the same speed which one will blow himself up first?

[Andy from Beaverton]

I'm tired of everyone thinking muslims are so smart. When did they start to make these advances given to them? When they conquered other nations.

[tkathy]

Muslims have made no contributions to society other than hatred and death since then.

[uptoolate]

It depends, how many Westerners and Jews will each Mo pass?

[Fiddlstix]

Bingo!

[Ozone34]

I don't think so....
http://www.ninevehsoft.com/fiorina.htm

[a_Turk]

:))

[davisfh]

"mohammad 1 has cut off two heads and has put them on a camel headed to mecca at 2 miles and hour. mohammad 2 has three heads strapped to his goat in medina. If both mohammads leave at the same time and at the same speed which one will blow himself up first?"

I sense that you are as enthralled by this dubious subject as I am. The big question here is, what have these people contributed to mankind of late? Anyone out there want to answer that? Likely not in that the answer is already well known.

[PUGACHEV]

We owe a great debt to Islamic culture because, ironically, it alone preserved the wisdom of the ancient Greeks at a time when the Catholic church considered such learning heresy.

[BipolarBob]

I never said we didn't owe a debt to the ancient Persian/Chaldean civilization. I was comparing then to now. Now we owe them fairness in trade and friendship IF they want it. If not let them go their way way, we go ours.