Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Charles Seife
248 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 067088457X
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Language: English
Publish: 949910400000
BiographyHistoryMathematicsMicrohistoryNonfictionPhilosophyPhysicsPopular ScienceReligionScience
A “biography” of the most vexing and troublesome number in human history reveals how the Babylonians invented it, why the Greeks were afraid of it and the Hindus worshipped, the role it played in hunting down heretics in the Middle Ages, and its current place in the Y2K issue. Original.