Bhaskara
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Indian mathematician of the 7th century.
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Indian mathematician of the 12th century.
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According to Airways senior business analyst Vinay Bhaskara, most airline customers shop based on the lowest advertised fare without regard for additional fees.
From Time • Aug. 11, 2017
“We are unquestionably living with an air travel oligopoly,” Vinay Bhaskara wrote in Airways News column.
From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2015
"He became a symbolic person for a more modern India," said Bhaskara Rao, a well-known commentator on social and political issues and head of a New Delhi-based think tank.
From Reuters • Jan. 22, 2014
Bhaskara Rao, who heads a New Delhi-based policy think tank, said Bhagwat's comments reflected a society in transition.
From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2013
The Indian mathematician Bhaskara wrote in the twelfth century that “there is no square root of a negative number, for a negative number is not a square.”
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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