Today, zero lies at the heart of one of the biggest scientific controversies of all time: the quest for a theory of 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. Here are the legendary thinkers-from Pythagoras to Newton to Heisenberg, from the Kabalists to today's astrophysicists-who have tried to understand it and whose clashes shook the foundations of philosophy, science, mathematics, and religion. In Zero, Science Journalist Charles Seife follows this innocent-looking number from its birth as an Eastern philosophical concept to its struggle for acceptance in Europe, its rise and transcendence in the West, and its ever-present threat to modern physics. In Zero, Science Journalist Charles Seife follows this innocent-looking number from its birth as an Eastern philosophical concept to its struggle for. For zero, infinity's twin, is not like other numbers.

For centuries the power of zero savored of the demonic once harnessed, it became the most important tool in mathematics. We found 92 book recommendations similar to Zero. Key Insights in this book: Zero didnt exist in the beginnings of mathematics it. If you liked Zero, what should you read next Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea.

Now it threatens the foundations of modern physics. This book is the fascinating story of a number banned by the ancient Greeks and worshipped by ancient Indians. Start reading Zero for free online and get access to an unlimited library of academic and. The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. ' Zero is really something'-Washington Post Popular math at its most entertaining and enlightening.

Zero by Charles Seife