The Nothing That Is

A Natural History of Zero

von Robert Kaplan

240 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

For math professor Kaplan, the history of zero is a lens for looking not only into the evolution of mathematics but into very nature of human thought. "Where did the familiar hollow circle that we use to denote zero come from? That's a story fraught with mystery, and Mr. Kaplan tells it well".--"Wall Street Journal". 38 illustrations.

• ISBN: 9780195142372
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.12.2000
• Größe: 198 x 120 mm
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Illustrationen: Ellen Kaplan