The nothing that is : a natural history of zero
Kaplan, Robert S.1999
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The Nothing That Is reveals how the gigantic body of mathematics swings on the smallest of pivots. The number zero puzzled scholars for many centuries and this study takes in the disciplines of history, philosophy and poetry.
Main title:
The nothing that is : a natural history of zero / Robert Kaplan ; illustrations by Ellen Kaplan.
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Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 1999.
Collation:
xii, 225p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780713992847 (hbk)
Dewey class:
513.2513.2
Local class:
513.2
Language:
English
BRN:
1529330