Finding Zero: A Mathematician's Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers

by Amir D. Aczel

Book Overview

The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137279842
• ISBN13: 9781137279842
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.3"