Zero biography of a dangerous idea

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This informative and easy-to-read book is the story of the people who battled over the meaning of the mysterious number - the scholars and mystics, the scientists and clergymen - who each tried to understand zero.



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. Today it's a timebomb ticking in the heart of astrophysics. For zero, infinity's twin, is not like other numbers. It is both nothing and 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. Today, zero lies at the heart of one of the biggest scientific controversies of all time: the quest for a theory of everything. Within the concept of zero lies a philosophical and scientific history of humanity. 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. Covering centuries of thought, it is a concise tour of a world of ideas, bound up in the simple notion of nothing.

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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 today it s a timebomb ticking in the heart of astrophysics for zero infinity s twin is not like other numbers it is both nothing and Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 12 oktober 2000

Aantal pagina's: 256

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Charles Seife

Tweede Auteur: Charles Seife

Hoofdillustrator: Matt Zimet

Hoofduitgeverij: Souvenir Press Ltd

Editie: Main

Product breedte: 137 mm

Product hoogte: 24 mm

Product lengte: 216 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 118 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 21 mm

Verpakking lengte: 194 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 400 g

EAN: 9780285635944

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