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Aczel, Amir D.
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Zero (The number) -- History.
Numerals -- History.
Numeration -- History.
Number systems -- History.
Mathematics -- History.
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Aczel, Amir D.
Zero (The number) -- History.
Numerals -- History.
Numeration -- History.
Number systems -- History.
Mathematics -- History.
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Finding zero : a mathematician's odyssey to uncover the origins of numbers / Amir D. Aczel.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"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.
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