Maths has gender bias (one only needs to google). And race bias too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-racist_mathematics
Just today, I was reading that Marco Polo 'discovered' China. To believe that knowledge -- whether the Sciences or the social sciences -- is not born and nurtured in its social context is to undertake a leap of blind faith. Sorry, but I don't have the faith to swear by such a belief. FN 2008/4/27 Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Science and mathematics are universal. There is no > western-shaped and eastern-shaped science or > mathematics. Narlikar, Dani and many other scholars > who have spoken out against this fraud, are highly > competent Indian mathematicians. They want our -- Frederick FN Noronha * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org * Phone +91-832-2409490 Cell +91-9970157402 (sometimes out of range) Please see http://nursing.goa-india.org
