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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
225

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Subjects
Zero (The number), Nul, Zéro (Le nombre), Number theory, Mathematics, history

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1999, Allen Lane, BCA
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Table of Contents

0. The
lens -- -- 1.
Mind puts its stamp on matter -- -- 2. The
Greeks had no word for it -- -- 3.
Travelers' tales -- -- 4.
Eastward -- -- 5.
Dust -- -- 6.
Into the unknown -- -- 7. A
paradigm shifts -- -- 8. A
Mayan interlude : the dark side of counting -- -- 9.
Much ado -- -- 10.
Entertaining angels -- -- 11.
Almost nothing -- -- 12.
Is it out there? -- -- 13.
Bath-house with spiders -- -- 14. A
land where it was always afternoon -- -- 15.
Was Lear right? -- -- 16. The
unthinkable.

Edition Notes

Originally published: London : Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 1999.

Includes index.

Notes and bibliography available on the World Wide Web.

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Oxford, New York

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Library of Congress
QA141 .K36 2000, QA141.K36 2000, QA 141 K36 2000

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Pagination
xii, 225 p. :
Number of pages
225

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OL15514039M
ISBN 10
0195128427
LCCN
99029000
OCLC/WorldCat
41165440
Library Thing
147631
Goodreads
1465114

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