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\n Popular math at its most entertaining and enlightening. “Zero is really something”-Washington Post<\/p>\n

A New York Times Notable Book.<\/p>\n

The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Now it threatens the foundations of modern physics. For centuries the power of zero savored of the demonic; once harnessed, it became the most important tool in mathematics. For zero, infinity’s twin, is not like other numbers. It is both nothing and everything.<\/p>\n

In Zero, Science Journalist Charles Seife follows this innocent-looking number from its birth as an Eastern philosophical concept to its struggle for acceptance in Europe, its rise and transcendence in the West, and its ever-present threat to modern physics. Here are the legendary thinkers\u2014from Pythagoras to Newton to Heisenberg, from the Kabalists to today’s astrophysicists\u2014who have tried to understand it and whose clashes shook the foundations of philosophy, science, mathematics, and religion. Zero has pitted East against West and faith against reason, and its intransigence persists in the dark core of a black hole and the brilliant flash of the Big Bang. Today, zero lies at the heart of one of the biggest scientific controversies of all time: the quest for a theory of everything. <\/p>\n

Publisher \u200f : \u200e Penguin Books (September 1, 2000)
Language \u200f : \u200e English
Paperback \u200f : \u200e 272 pages
ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e 0140296476
ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e 978-0140296471
Reading age \u200f : \u200e 18 years and up
Grade level \u200f : \u200e 12 and up
Item Weight \u200f : \u200e 6.4 ounces
Dimensions \u200f : \u200e 8 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches <\/p>\n

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Customers find the book worth reading and fun. They say it’s insightful, captures the essence of mathematical discovery, and is thought-provoking. Readers also appreciate the clear writing and straightforward nature of the details. Additionally, they mention the history of zero is fascinating.<\/span><\/p>\n

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