India's contributions to mathematics:
It should come as no surprise that the first recorded use of the number zero, recently discovered to be made as early as the 3rd or 4th century, happened in India. Mathematics on the Indian subcontinent has a rich history going back over 3,000 years and thrived for centuries before similar advances were made in Europe, with its influence meanwhile spreading to China and the Middle East.
As well as giving us the concept of zero, Indian mathematicians made seminal contributions to the study of trigonometry, algebra, arithmetic and negative numbers among other areas. Perhaps most significantly, the decimal system that we still employ worldwide today was first seen in India.
With such a significant technical lead, how did they fall behind?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @04:40PM
Admittedly, being SO friendly and warm and fuzzy... sort of spells out what a nuclear family is, right?
Besides, if you turn your neighbors into fallout, you can't really have any disputes with them if they have moved on to irradiate some unoccupied territory.