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Zero

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Description for Zero Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
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: ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Souvenir Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
246g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780285635944
SKU
V9780285635944
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99-12

About Charles Seife
Charles Seife, a professor of journalism at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, has been writing about physics and mathematics for two decades. He is the author of six books, Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea, which won a PEN/Martha Albrand Award; Alpha & Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe; Decoding the Universe: ... Read more

Reviews for Zero
This is one of the best-written popular science books to have come this way for quite a while.
Nicholas Lezard
Guardian
A witty but lucid account... A must for armchair logicians.
Focus
A breathless tour of the 'dangerous idea' of zero.
New Scientist
Seife is a gifted explicator of hard science.
Spectator ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Zero


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