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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.
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.