Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

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ISBN-10:

067088457X

ISBN-13:

9780670884575

Author(s): Seife, Charles
Edition: First Edition
Released: Feb 07, 2000
Publisher: Viking Adult
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
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Description:

A "biography" of the most vexing and troublesome number in human history reveals how the Babylonians invented it, why the Greeks were afraid of it and the Hindus worshipped, the role it played in hunting down heretics in the Middle Ages, and its current place in the Y2K issue. Original.












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