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The Nothing That Is|Robert Kaplan

The Nothing That Is : A Natural History of Zero

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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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780195142372
  • ISBN-10: 0195142373
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publish Date: December 2000
  • Dimensions: 7.73 x 4.68 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.58 pounds
  • Page Count: 240

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