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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea -- Charles Seife
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The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
"From the first page to the last, Seife maintains a level of clarity and infectious enthusiasm that is rare in science writing, and practically unknown among those who dare to explain mathematics. Zero is really something!"
"Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea describes with good humor and wonder how one digit has bedevilled and fascinated thinkers from ancient Athens to Los Alamos. Charles Seife deftly argues that the concept of nothingness and its show-off twin, infinity, have repeatedly revolutionized the foundations of civilization and philosophical thought. If you're already a fan of mathematics or science, you will enjoy this book; if you're not, you will be by the time you finish it."
A concise and appealing look at the strangest number in the universe and its continuing role as one of the great paradoxes of human thought.
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