The Nothing That Is A Natural History of Zero Hardcover - 1999
by Robert Kaplan
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In the tradition of "Longitude, " a small and engagingly written book on the history and meaning of zero--a "tour de force" of science history that takes us through the hollow circle that leads to infinity. 32 illustrations.
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- Title The Nothing That Is A Natural History of Zero
- Author Robert Kaplan
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Cary, North Carolina, U.s.a.
- Date October 15, 1999
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 177H
- ISBN 9780195128420 / 0195128427
- Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 8.82 x 5.87 x 1 in (22.40 x 14.91 x 2.54 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Zero (The number)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99029000
- Dewey Decimal Code 513
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Zero began its career as two wedges pressed into a wet lump of clay, in the days when a superb piece of mental engineering gave us the art of counting.
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- Booklist, 09/15/1999, Page 206
- Choice, 02/01/2001, Page 1116
- Ingram Advance, 10/01/1999, Page 177
- Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/1999, Page 1379
- Library Journal, 10/01/1999, Page 131
- Publishers Weekly, 08/16/1999, Page 67
- Scitech Book News, 03/01/2001, Page 35
