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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Aczel, Amir D.     Subjects     Zero (The number) -- History.     Numerals -- History.     Numeration -- History.     Number systems -- History.     Mathematics -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Aczel, Amir D.       by title:      Finding zero : a mat...       by call number:      513.5 A189f     Search the Web     Aczel, Amir D.     Zero (The number) -- History.     Numerals -- History.     Numeration -- History.     Number systems -- History.     Mathematics -- History.       MARC Display

Finding zero : a mathematician's odyssey to uncover the origins of numbers / Amir D. Aczel. by Aczel, Amir D. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Call #: 513.5 A189f Subjects Zero (The number) -- History.   Numerals -- History.   Numeration -- History.   Number systems -- History.   Mathematics -- History. ISBN:  9781137279842 (hc.) 1137279842 (hc.) Description:  x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "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. Finding Zero is a search for the original sources of our numerals. The history begins with the early Babylonian cuneiform numbers, followed by the later Greek and Roman letter numerals. Where do the numbers we use today, the so-called Hindu-Arabic numerals, come from?The author is blown away to find the earliest zero--the keystone of our entire system of numbers--on a crumbling, vine-covered wall of a seventh-century temple adorned with eaten-away erotic sculptures"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Dartmouth North Public Library Adult Nonfiction 513.5 A189f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 513.5 A189f Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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