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Why Was There No Chinese Newton?
brusselsjournal.com - 1/30/2009
Why Was There No Chinese Newton?
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To my essay  Western Civilization and Socratic Dialogue , Dymphna of the Gates of Vienna blog wrote a comment about Greek vs. Chinese ways of thinking. This is an interesting subject which I will explore further here, with an emphasis on mathematical astronomy. The Danish nobleman and ...

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ft.com - 2/4/2009
FT.com / India / Politics & Society - India warns Obama over Kashmir
— ft.com — India has warned US President Barack Obama that he risks “barking up the wrong tree” if he seeks to broker a settlement between Pakistan and India over the disputed territory of Kashmir. MK Narayanan, India’s national security advisor, said that the ... (more) FT.com / India / Politics & Society - India warns ...

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informationweek.com - 2/3/2009
IBM Offers To Move Laid Off Workers To India -
— informationweek.com — The climate is warm, there's no shortage of exotic food, and the cost of living is rock bottom. That's IBM's pitch to the laid-off American workers it's offering to place in India. The catch: Wages in the country are pennies-on-the-dollar compared to ... (more) IBM Offers To Move Laid Off Workers To India -

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thecable.foreignpolicy.com - 1/24/2009
India’s stealth lobbying against Holbrooke's brief
— thecable.foreignpolicy.com — When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- flanked by President Obama -- introduced Richard Holbrooke as the formidable new U.S. envoy to South Asia at a State Department ceremony on Thursday, India was noticeably absent from his title. Holbrooke, ... (more) India’s stealth lobbying against Holbrooke's brief

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Fjordman: Why Was There No Chinese Newton?
Gates of Vienna — Fjordman’s latest essay has been posted at the Brussels Journal: The comet we know as Halley’s Comet had been spotted many times before the great English astronomer Edmond Halley (1656—1742), but it was not recognized as a periodic comet until eighteenth century Europe, which is significant. The Chinese had apparently never calculated the orbits of either Halley’s Comet or other comets which they had observed. They had a large mass of observational data, yet never used it to deduct mathematical theories about the movement of planets and comets ...

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