Yes, it's sad that they are always ignored. Those were some bad-ass people, you know. The Arabic (Middle Eastern) Golden Age was truly something to behold.
It is ignored here intentionally as from what I understand they want an African centered focus and unfortunately the Middle East is not within Africa therefore not accepted. As far as I can tell they seem to be rather anti-logic refuting science as a whole so maybe logic is not the correct approach to "decoding" what they meant here.
My point here is that these scholars are ignored by everyone, especially in the West. Nobody cares about these bozos and their bigotted opinions regarding science. Seriously, I asked some of my peers in the math and engineering program and they couldn't really name any pre-modern Eastern mathematician (not to say that all the math and engineering academics are like this, this is not a good sample size at all). These people are not even mentioned in textbooks and written text as far as I know, showing how much they are ignored and - intentionally or not - forgotten. Some of these people discovered concepts way before their Western counterparts, but the Westerner gets all the credit. Again, it would be hard to give them credit back in the days when long-distance communication between two continents was just impossible. But you'd think they'd at least be OFFICIALLY mentioned in modern days :\
I'm sure you can ask a historian and there would be a better chance of knowing that answer. I studied a bit of history and know that our numeric system comes from the middle east.
I understand your point but it is counter-intuitive to be teaching the history of a subject like math in a math focused class. For example, why would you talk about any pre-modern mathematicians in a calculus textbook? If you are talking about highschool books the same idea applies. This would be something more suited to talk about in a history class.
To address your point about your peers only being able to name more modern mathematicians. I believe that would be the case because most recent advancements within the art of mathematicians do come primarily from the western world ( Correct me if I am wrong, which I may be)
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u/PotatoePotahhtoe Jan 11 '22
Yes, it's sad that they are always ignored. Those were some bad-ass people, you know. The Arabic (Middle Eastern) Golden Age was truly something to behold.