The Crest of the Peacock

The Crest of the Peacock highlights the history of math development and the primary focus on developments of Europeans rather than other groups. It was very interesting to read about "Eurocentric view" and the effects it has had on the history of mathematics and history overall. 

An interesting item I found in the reading was the "Caliph al-Mansur" which was a large library that held manuscripts from a variety of places and was built at Baghdad a Bait al-Hikma the House of Wisdom which was a place to gather for Indian, Babylonian, Hellenistic, and Chinese astronomical traditions. It was interesting to compare how we trade information in the modern day compared to during these times and how much easier it is now. 

Another item I found very interesting was how little we think about what into formulas and theories like Pythagorean theorem and others that took individuals thousands of hours and for many decades to develop and today we have this information readily available at any moment.