Bibliograph

Finding zero, a mathematician's odyssey to uncover the origins of numbers, Amir D. Aczel

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Finding zero, a mathematician's odyssey to uncover the origins of numbers, Amir D. Aczel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Finding zero

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

881041966

Responsibility statement

Amir D. Aczel

Sub title

a mathematician's odyssey to uncover the origins of numbers

Summary

"The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery. Finding Zero is an adventure filled saga of Amir Aczel's lifelong obsession: to find the original sources of our numerals. Aczel has doggedly crisscrossed the ancient world, scouring dusty, moldy texts, cross examining so-called scholars who offered wildly differing sets of facts, and ultimately penetrating deep into a Cambodian jungle to find a definitive proof."--, Provided by publisher

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