[HN Gopher] 'The Genius of Their Age' Review: Central Asia's Big...
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       'The Genius of Their Age' Review: Central Asia's Big Thinkers
        
       Author : Thevet
       Score  : 48 points
       Date   : 2023-10-29 03:31 UTC (19 hours ago)
        
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       | creer wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/bwjhy
        
       | gilleain wrote:
       | A review of a book about Ibn Sina (aka Avicienna -
       | <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna>) and al-Biruni
       | (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Biruni>) who were Persian
       | polymaths of the late 900s CE.
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       | Well I say 'Persian', but both were born in what is now
       | Uzbekistan (Ibn Sina in 'Transoxiana') apparently.
        
       | blululu wrote:
       | The Persian Philosophers of the Silk Road really were an
       | impressive group and perhaps more relevant to the modern world
       | than their remoteness would suggest. I once traced the
       | Mathematical lineage of Fields Medalists and something like 2/3
       | trace their intellectual origin to thinkers in Central Asia.
        
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