
The nothing that is : : A natural history of zero / Robert Kaplan ; illustrations by Ellen Kaplan
Tác giả : Robert Kaplan ; illustrations by Ellen Kaplan
Nhà xuất bản : The Penguin Press
Năm xuất bản : 1999
Nơi xuất bản : London
Mô tả vật lý : xii, 225 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
ISBN : 0713992840
Số phân loại : 513
Chủ đề : 1. Zero (Số). 2. Zero (The number). 3. Số học.
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Tóm tắt : | Contents: A symbol for what is not there, an emptiness that increases any number it's added to, an inexhaustible and indispensable paradox. As we enter the year 2000, zero is once again making its presence felt. Nothing itself, it makes possible a myriad of calculations. Indeed, without zero mathematics as we know it would not exist. And without mathematics our understanding of the universe would be vastly impoverished. But where did this nothing, this hollow circle, come from? Who created it? And what, exactly, does it mean? |
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