The Crest of the Peacock

The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics is a book authored by George Gheverghese Joseph and published by Princeton University Press, the third edition of which was released in 2011.[1] The book was brought out as a response to view of the history of mathematics epitomized by Morris Kline's statement that, comparing to what the Greeks achieved, "the mathematics of Egyptians and Babylonians is the scrawling of children just learning to write, as opposed to great literature",[2] criticised by Joseph as "Eurocentric".[3]

The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics
AuthorGeorge Gheverghese Joseph
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory of mathematics
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Publication date
1991
Pages592
ISBN9780691135267

The book is divided into 11 chapters. Chapter 1 provides a lengthy justification for the book. Chapter 2 is devoted to a discussion of the mathematics of Native Americans and Chapter 3 to the mathematics of ancient Egyptians. In the next two chapters the mathematics of Mesopotamia is considered. There are two chapters dealing with Chinese mathematics, three chapters with Indian mathematics. The book concludes with a chapter on the Islamic contribution to mathematics.

Plagiarism

C. K. Raju accused Joseph and Dennis Almerida of plagiarism [4] of his decade long scholastic work [5] that began in 1998 for the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture funded by the Indian Academy of Sciences concerning Indian mathematics and its possible knowledge transfer. An ethics investigation of the research team of George Gheverghese Joseph and Dennis Almeida led to the dismissal of Dennis Almeida by University of Exeter [6] and the University of Manchester posting an erratum and acknowledgement of C.K. Raju's work. [7]

G. G. Joseph denies the charges. [8] [9]

Reviews

References
  1. "The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics Third Edition". Princeton University Press. Princeton University. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. Joseph (1991), p. 177 misquotes Kline by replacing "Babylonians" by "Mesopotamians". The actual quote from Kline is "Compared with the accomplishments of their immediate successors, the Greeks, the mathematics of the Egyptians and Babylonians is the scrawling of children just learning to write as opposed to great literature." Morris Kline (1962). Mathematics: A Cultural Approach. Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. p. 14., Mathematics for Liberal Arts (1967), re-published as Mathematics for the Nonmathematician (1985), p. 14.
  3. Clemency Montelle (December 2013). "Book Review" (PDF). Notices of the AMS: 1459–1463. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. http://ckraju.net/Joseph/Summary-table-of-plagiarism-by-Joseph-and-Almeida.pdf
  5. C.K. Raju. (2007). Cultural Foundations of Mathematics. Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-81-317-0871-2
  6. "Prof Raju's Charge of Plagiarism Found Correct" Times of India/ Hindustan Times (Nov 7, 2004) http://ckraju.net/press/HT8Nov2004p1.pdf
  7. https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/indians-predated-newton-discovery-by-250-years/
  8. "Indian claims Brit study on calculus was plagiarised" Times of India/ Hindustan Times (Aug 20, 2007)
  9. Hindustan Times Correction: http://ckraju.net/press/HT25Aug07.jpg (Aug 25, 2007)


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