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Re:How the number zero was ‘discovered’ by _nrvs on Thursday December 08, 2016 @01:18PM (#13132607)
A fantastic longer read on the topic is "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife – highly recommended!
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Re:How the number zero was ‘discovered’ by sedachv on Thursday December 08, 2016 @04:58PM (#13134670)
I love popular math book recommendations, but that particular one gets pretty terrible reviews: http://www.ams.org/notices/200009/rev-gray.pdf
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Re:How the number zero was ‘discovered’ by andars on Thursday December 08, 2016 @05:33PM (#13134925)
For an alternate take on it, see this positive review: http://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/zero-the-biography-of-a....
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