Finding Zero: A Mathematician's Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martin's GriffinISBN-13:9781250084910ISBN-10:1250084911UPC:9781250084910Book Category:Mathematics, ScienceBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, History, Counting & NumerationSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SC26QFVY9C
Finding Zero: A Mathematician's Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers
The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery. Finding Zero is an adventure filled saga of Amir Aczel's lifelong obsession: to find the original sources...
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martin's GriffinISBN-13:9781250084910ISBN-10:1250084911UPC:9781250084910Book Category:Mathematics, ScienceBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, History, Counting & NumerationSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SC26QFVY9C
Amir D. Aczel is the author of fifteen books, including The Riddle of the Compass, The Mystery of the Aleph, and the international bestseller Fermat's Last Theorem. An internationally known writer of mathematics and science, he is a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He lives in Brookline, MA.
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