Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Author: Charles Seife
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK,The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshipped it, and the Christian Church used it to fend off heretics. Today it’s a timebomb ticking in the heart of astrophysics. For zero, infinity’s twin, is not like other numbers. It is both nothing and everything.,,Zero has pitted East against West and faith against reason, and it….Read More
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