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re: Racism in our curriculums isn’t limited to history. It’s in math, too.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 10:31 am to djmed
Posted on 12/8/21 at 10:31 am to djmed
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The juxtaposition is jarring: The Greek scholar Euclid (300 B.C.) gets his name attached to an algorithm, while a Chinese scholar’s identity is erased, his work reduced to his nationality.
Probably because the first was actually completed/proved by the Greek fellow, and the second was worked on/completed by multiple people over time.
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Posted on 12/8/21 at 11:05 am to Sasquatch Smash
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Probably because the first was actually completed/proved by the Greek fellow, and the second was worked on/completed by multiple people over time.
This is the correct answer.
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