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The Silenced Scholars

How Ancient India Unlocked the Secrets of Modern Science Before the West Wrote the Books

by Abhijeet Sarkar

About this book

A history-of-science book arguing that scholars of ancient and medieval India anticipated many ideas later credited to European thinkers. It surveys examples such as Aryabhata's astronomy and the Kerala school's work on infinite series, and questions the Eurocentric framing of scientific history.

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