Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

Viking Adult (Feb 07, 2000)

9780670884575

| Hardcover

256 pages | 157 x 229 mm | English

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Dewey 513

LC Classification QA141 .S45 2000

LC Control No. 99036693

Genre

Scientific

Subject

Astronomy

Plot

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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Owner	Tycho Brahe Astronomiska sällskap
Location	Tycho Brahe Observatorium Oxie
Index	356
Added Date	Jul 20, 2017 10:07:36
Modified Date	Mar 07, 2018 19:04:51