The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan (Illustrator)Publish date:2000-12-07Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195142372ISBN-10:195142373UPC:9780195142372Book Category:Mathematics, ScienceBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Arithmetic, Philosophy & Social AspectsSize:7.73 x 4.68 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCD6FJ1RNC
The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero
A symbol for what is not there, an emptiness that increases any number it's added to, an inexhaustible and indispensable paradox. As we enter the year 2000, zero is once again making its presence felt. Nothing itself, it makes possible a myriad of calculations. Indeed, without zero mathematics as we know it would not exist. And without mathematics our understanding of the universe would be vastly...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195142372ISBN-10:195142373UPC:9780195142372Book Category:Mathematics, ScienceBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Arithmetic, Philosophy & Social AspectsSize:7.73 x 4.68 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5798Product ID:SCD6FJ1RNC
Robert Kaplan has taught mathematics to people from six to sixty, most recently at Harvard University. In 1994, with his wife Ellen, he founded The Math Circle, a program, open to the public, for the enjoyment of pure mathematics. He has also taught Philosophy, Greek, German, Sanskrit, and Inspired Guessing. Robert Kaplan lives in Cambridge, MA.
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