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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

by Charles Seife · 2000 · 256 pages

Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson
Recommended by 1 elite

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Bryan Johnson

About This Book

A historical survey of the concept of zero, tracking its origins in ancient Babylonia and India through its rejection by Greek philosophers and its eventual adoption in the West. The book details how this numerical representation of nothingness became essential to the development of calculus, thermodynamics, and modern physics.

Genres

PhilosophyScience & TechnologyHistory

Topics

CosmologyHistory Of ScienceInfinityMathematicsPhysicsReligion

Book Details

Published

2000

Pages

256

Language

en

ISBN

9780140296471

Awards & Recognition

PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction (2001)

Audiobook Available

6h 25m
Narrated by Bob Souer

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