“Islam and the foundations of modern mathematics”

“Islam and the foundations of modern mathematics” November 12, 2016

 

From an Arabic mathematical ms.
Two pages of an Arabic mathematical manuscript from the North African city of Timbuktu, located in today’s Mali.  (Wikimedia Commons public domain)

 

I publish a column every Thursday in Salt Lake City’s daily Deseret News under the series title “Defending the Faith.”  It’s always on subjects directly germane to Mormonism, and particularly to the truth claims of Mormonism.

 

Every other Saturday, though, my friend and former BYU colleague Bill Hamblin and I publish a bi-weekly column that’s quite different in focus.  It very seldom deals with Mormonism — almost never — but treats religions and religion-related matters worldwide.

 

The latest installment of our co-authored column appeared today in the Deseret News:

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667018/Islam-and-the-foundations-of-modern-mathematics.html

 

 


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