text Zero : the biography of a dangerous idea
- Summary
- The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshipped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Today, zero lies at the heart of one of the biggest scientific controversies of all time, the quest for the theory of everyth... Read more
- Contents
- ch. 1. Nothing doing : the origin of zero -- ch. 2. Nothing comes of nothing : the west rejects zero -- ch. 3. Nothing ventured : zero goes east -- ch. 4. The infinite God of nothing : the theology of zero -- ch. 5. Infinite zeros and infidel math... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- vi, 248 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books 2000
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 511.2 SEI in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 511.2 SEI in Adult Non-fiction | Available |