Covering centuries of thought, it is a concise tour of a world of ideas, bound up in the simple notion of nothing. We found 92 book recommendations similar to Zero. No other number can do so much damage, so says Charles Seife. Charles Seife's elegant and witty account takes us from Aristotle to superstring theory by way of Egyptian geometry, Kabbalism, Einstein, the Chandrasekhar limit and Stephen Hawking. If you liked Zero, what should you read next Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea. The story of zero involved not only mathematics but history.
Within the concept of zero lies a philosophical and scientific history of humanity. Today, zero lies at the heart of one of the biggest scientific controversies of all time: the quest for a theory of everything. Zero has pitted East against West and faith against reason, and its intransigence persists in the dark core of a black hole and the brilliant flash of the Big Bang. For zero, infinity's twin, is not like other numbers. Today it's a timebomb ticking in the heart of astrophysics.
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshipped it, and the Christian Church used it to fend off heretics.
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