@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agoAt least we're not mixing in letterssub.wetshaving.socialimagemessage-square215fedilinkarrow-up11.26K
arrow-up11.26KimageAt least we're not mixing in letterssub.wetshaving.social@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square215fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 months agoPeople who lived before the invention of zero counted like that!
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoI have no idea if that’s true but I believe it
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 months agoThe idea of zero being a number rather than the absence of a number took a very long time to settle on. There’s a whole history book on the topic!
minus-squareApathy TreelinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoI listened to an audiobook about the history of zero years ago (can’t remember the name, might be that one). I thought it would be dull enough to fall asleep to. It was not.
People who lived before the invention of zero counted like that!
I have no idea if that’s true but I believe it
The idea of zero being a number rather than the absence of a number took a very long time to settle on. There’s a whole history book on the topic!
I listened to an audiobook about the history of zero years ago (can’t remember the name, might be that one). I thought it would be dull enough to fall asleep to.
It was not.