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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Zero was missing in the earliest days of mathematics; it first arose in ancient Babylonia.
Chapter 3: Philosophy-driven ancient Greeks flatly spurned zero despite its utility.
Chapter 4: Ancient Indian and Arabic mathematicians welcomed zero and achieved major mathematical advances.
Chapter 5: Accepting zero in the West proved theologically fraught, yet it produced a mathematical revolution: calculus.
Chapter 6: Mathematicians quickly found that zero and its opposite, infinity, shared a complex yet captivating relationship.
Chapter 7: Zero and infinity aren’t merely mathematical ideas; they pervade physics as well.
Description
Zero (2000) is the fascinating story of a number banned by the ancient Greeks and worshipped by ancient Indians. Zero – as well as its twin, infinity – is a number that’s been at the heart of both mathematics and philosophy over the centuries.
Who Should Listen
- Popular science enthusiasts
- History buffs curious about how concepts have evolved over time
- Philosophers interested in everything . . . and nothing