The Nothing that Is : a Natural History of Zero.

The Nothing that Is : a Natural History of Zero.

Explores history to find evidence that humans have long struggled with the concept of zero, from the Greeks who may or may not have known of it, to the East where it was first used, to the modern-day desktop PC, which uses it as an essential letter in its computational alphabet.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaplan, Robert
Other Authors: Kaplan, Ellen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Zero (The number)
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Explores history to find evidence that humans have long struggled with the concept of zero, from the Greeks who may or may not have known of it, to the East where it was first used, to the modern-day desktop PC, which uses it as an essential letter in its computational alphabet.
Physical Description:1 online resource (238 pages)
ISBN:9780198029458
0198029454
0195128427
9780195128420
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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