Re: [Goanet] 3-day Vedic Mathematics Workshop at International Centre Goa

2008-04-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- "Frederick [FN] Noronha " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote: > > Dr Helecar, I'm no expert in Maths, let alone Vedic > Maths. I was just responding to your comment that >"Science and mathematics are universal". I don't have >the faith enough to make such a comment, and >I believe every field of human

Re: [Goanet] 3-day Vedic Mathematics Workshop at International Centre Goa

2008-04-27 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Dr Helecar, I'm no expert in Maths, let alone Vedic Maths. I was just responding to your comment that "Science and mathematics are universal". I don't have the faith enough to make such a comment, and I believe every field of human endeavour is shaped by the context in which it grew. Including the

Re: [Goanet] 3-day Vedic Mathematics Workshop at International Centre Goa

2008-04-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- "Frederick [FN] Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote: > > Maths has gender bias (one only needs to google). > And race bias too: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-racist_mathematics > It is hard to imagine how invocation of race and gender, and other spurious postmodernist political notions

Re: [Goanet] 3-day Vedic Mathematics Workshop at International Centre Goa

2008-04-27 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
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 socia

Re: [Goanet] 3-day Vedic Mathematics Workshop at International Centre Goa

2008-04-27 Thread Santosh Helekar
Frederick [FN] Noronha wrote: > >It might just be another way of doing things, >inadequately recognised by (mostly) Western-shaped >science and maths. > Science and mathematics are universal. There is no western-shaped and eastern-shaped science or mathematics. Narlikar, Dani and many other scho

Re: [Goanet] 3-day Vedic Mathematics Workshop at International Centre Goa

2008-04-26 Thread Rajan P. Parrikar
To Goanet - Frederick [FN] Noronha wrote: >Vedic maths a "sham"? >It might just be another >way of doing things, inadequately recognised >by (mostly) Western-shaped science and maths. There is no mathematics in the Vedas. Therefore, "Vedic Mathematics" is neither Vedic nor is it strictly

Re: [Goanet] 3-day Vedic Mathematics Workshop at International Centre Goa

2008-04-26 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या
Vedic maths a "sham"? It might just be another way of doing things, inadequately recognised by (mostly) Western-shaped science and maths. There has been a lot of debate over this issue, which can be found by googling for "Vedic Maths controversy". I would not be so eager to write it off, knowing

Re: [Goanet] 3-day Vedic Mathematics Workshop at International Centre Goa

2008-04-26 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Goanet Events <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Research shows that the application of Vedic > mathematics makes use of both parts of the brain. So > versatile is this science that it has been >incorporated in the educational syllabi of many > countries worldwide. > Not only is the above clai

[Goanet] 3-day Vedic Mathematics Workshop at International Centre Goa

2008-04-25 Thread Goanet Events
3-day Vedic Mathematics Workshop at International Centre Goa Sadhnalaya in association with the International Centre Goa will organise a 3-day workshop on "Vedic Mathematics" from 28-30 April '08 at International Centre Goa, Dona Paula from 4:30 to 6 pm. Admission is open for all. Mrs. Ganga