Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

English

ISBN: 1429514566

EAN: 9781429514569

Category: Mathematics / Number Theory/Mathematics / History & Philosophy/

Publisher: Penguin

Release Date: 02/01/2007

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: Charles Seife traces the origins and colorful history of the number zero from Aristotle to superstring theory by way of Pythagoras, the Kabbalists, and Einstein. Weaving together ancient dramas and state-of-the-art science, Zero is a concise tour of a universe of ideas bound up in the simple notion of nothingness.

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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

Illustrated: No

Format: eBook - PDF

Pages: 256