Zero : the biography of a dangerous idea / Charles Seife ; drawings by Matt Zimet.
Pubblicazione:
London : Souvenir press, c2000.
Descrizione fisica:
248 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Contiene:
Indice: 0. Null and void 1. Nothing doing: the origin of zero 2. Nothing comes of nothing: the West rejects zero 3. Nothing ventured: zero goes East 4. The infinite god of nothing: the theology of zero 5. Infinite zeros and infidel mathematicians: zero and scientific revolution 6. Infinity's twin: the infinite nature of zero 7. Absolute zeros: the physics of zero 8. Zero hour at ground zero: zero at the edge of space and time 9. Zero's final victory: end time. Appendix A: Animal, vegetable, or minister?. Appendix B: The golden ratio. Appendix C: The modern definition of a derivate. Appendix D: Cantor enumerates the rational numbers. Appendix E: Make your own wormhole time machine. Selected bibliography. Acknowledgments. Index
