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There are several popular books on zero which have to be read with care as can be seen from the reviews.
%% 18jul09 : Kaplan, The Nothing that is
- Robert Kaplan,
The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000, xii+225 pages, $22.00.
- Reviewed by
This popular book deals with a fascinating aspect of mathematics:
the occurrence of zero within the arithmetics of integers and real numbers,
and its many representations as numerals.
Robert Kaplan is at his best on the latter: a wide range of examples is given,
both of numerals and also of possible origins for the signs '0' and 'o'.
- Andrew Leahy [[3]]
- Brian Blank, The College Mathematics Journal, Vol.32 No.2, March 2001, 155-160 157-160 (Seife 157-158) 158-150 [[4]]
- Keith Devlin, % "The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero" Natural History, Dec, 1999 [[5]]
- John Derbyshire, The conquering zero
Review of The Nothing That Is by Robert Kaplan October 1999 [[6]]
- Richard Pinch, Much ado about Nothing. Magazine issue 2228 (04 March 2000)
( [[7]] )
%% 20jul09 : Seife
Charles Seife,
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Viking Penguin, New York, 2000, 248 pages, $24.95.
The College Mathematics Journal, Vol.32 No.2, March 2001, 155-160 157-160 (Seife 157-158) 158-150 ([pdf])
- Steven G. Krantz, What's So Special About Zero?
Book Review, SIAM News (September 17, 2000) [siam.org] ([pdf])
John D. Barrow, The Book of Nothing
Pantheon: 2001. 370 pp. $27.50
John O'Connor, Nothing to it! Book review. Nature 410, 748-749 (12 April 2001) doi:10.1038/35071152 [nature.com]
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What is the origin of zero? How did we indicate nothingness before zero?
Scientific American (January 16, 2007), answer based on Kaplan ([Scientific American]
Bill Casselman, All for Nought. Feature column at [ams.org]
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