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* Book Reviews | |||
* Letters to Editor | |||
* News | |||
* Correction | |||
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Correction Notes- p275 doi:10.1038/020275a0 PDF | |||
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* Robert Kaplan, | == [[Zero (mathematics)/Bibliography]] == | ||
''The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero''. | |||
There are several popular books on (the history of) ''"zero"'' | |||
: | which make interesting reading but have to be taken with care as can be seen from the reviews. | ||
: | * Robert Kaplan, ''The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000. <!-- xii+225 pages, $22.00. --> | ||
<br> | : Critically reviewed by: | ||
: Philip J. Davis, ''Embedding Zero in Exposition'', Book Review. SIAM News (September 17, 2000) [[http://www.siam.org/news/news.php?id=670 siam.org]] | |||
: Ivor Grattan-Guinness, ''Much ado about some thing'', Book Review. Nature 401, 645-646 (14 October 1999) (doi:10.1038/44273) [[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v401/n6754/full/401645a0.html nature.com]] | |||
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This popular book deals with a fascinating aspect of mathematics: | This popular book deals with a fascinating aspect of mathematics: | ||
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Robert Kaplan is at his best on the latter: a wide range of examples is given, | Robert Kaplan is at his best on the latter: a wide range of examples is given, | ||
both of numerals and also of possible origins for the signs '0' and 'o'. | both of numerals and also of possible origins for the signs '0' and 'o'. | ||
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: Andrew Leahy, The Mathematical Association of America. [[http://www.maa.org/reviews/nothing.html maa.org]] | |||
: Brian Blank, ''Book review''. The College Mathematics Journal, Vol.32 No.2, March 2001, 155-160. See pp. 158-160 [[http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~bblank/CollegeMathJournalMarch2001review.pdf pdf]] | |||
: Keith Devlin, Natural History, Dec, 1999. [[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_10_108/ai_58360827/ bnet]] | |||
: John Derbyshire, ''The conquering zero''. <!-- Review of The Nothing That Is by Robert Kaplan --> October 1999. [[http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/conqueringzero-derbyshire-2812 newcriterion.com]] | |||
: Richard Pinch, ''Much ado about Nothing''. Magazine issue 2228 (04 March 2000) [[http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16522285.100-much-ado-about-nothing.html newscientist.com]] | |||
: J. Kingston Pierce, ''All for Naught''. [[http://januarymagazine.com/nonfiction/nothingthatis.html January Magazine]] | |||
: | * Charles Seife, ''Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea''. Viking Penguin, New York, 2000. <!-- 248 pages, $24.95. --> | ||
: Critically reviewed by: | |||
: Brian Blank, ''Book review''. The College Mathematics Journal, Vol.32 No.2, March 2001, 155-160. See pp. 157-158 [[http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~bblank/CollegeMathJournalMarch2001review.pdf pdf]] | |||
: Steven G. Krantz, ''What's So Special About Zero?'' Book Review, SIAM News (September 17, 2000). [[http://www.siam.org/news/news.php?id=669 siam.org] ([http://www.siam.org/pdf/news/669.pdf pdf])] | |||
: | : Keith Devlin, Natural History, Dec, 1999. [[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_10_108/ai_58360827/ bnet]] | ||
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* John D. Barrow, ''The Book of Nothing''. Pantheon: 2001. <!-- 370 pp. $27.50 --> | |||
: Critically reviewed by: | |||
: John O'Connor, ''Nothing to it!'' Book review. Nature 410, 748-749 (12 April 2001) (doi:10.1038/35071152) [[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v410/n6830/full/410748a0.html nature.com]] | |||
John D. Barrow, ''The Book of Nothing'' | |||
Pantheon: 2001. 370 pp. $27.50 | |||
John O'Connor, ''Nothing to it!'' | |||
Book review. Nature 410, 748-749 (12 April 2001) | |||
doi:10.1038/35071152 | |||
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[[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-is-the-origin-of-zer]] | Martin Gardner, ''The Significance of ‘Nothing’'', in: ''The Night is Large''. (1996). | ||
What is the origin of zero? How did we indicate nothingness before zero? | |||
<br> Scientific American (January 16, 2007), answer based on Kaplan's book (see below). [[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-is-the-origin-of-zer Scientific American]] | |||
Bill Casselman, ''All for Nought'' | Bill Casselman, ''All for Nought''. | ||
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[[http://www.ams.org/featurecolumn/archive/india-zero.html]] | Feature column at [[http://www.ams.org/featurecolumn/archive/india-zero.html ams.org]] | ||
Gwalior in India The temple is dated to 876 A. D | |||
What the Gwalior tablet shows is that by 876 A. D. our current place-value system with a base of 10 had become part of popular culture in at least one region of India. | |||
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http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/59/3/285.full Cayley
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v20/n507/pdf/020275a0.pdf nature Volume 20 Number 507 pp261-284 In this issue (17 July 1879)
* Book Reviews * Letters to Editor * News * Correction * News
Correction Notes- p275 doi:10.1038/020275a0 PDF
http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2756.msg22054.html#msg22054
http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2748.0.html
http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2764.msg22183.html#msg22183
http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1085.msg8866.html#msg8866
Zero (mathematics)/Bibliography
There are several popular books on (the history of) "zero" which make interesting reading but have to be taken with care as can be seen from the reviews.
- Robert Kaplan, The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000.
- Critically reviewed by:
- Philip J. Davis, Embedding Zero in Exposition, Book Review. SIAM News (September 17, 2000) [siam.org]
- Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Much ado about some thing, Book Review. Nature 401, 645-646 (14 October 1999) (doi:10.1038/44273) [nature.com]
- Andrew Leahy, The Mathematical Association of America. [maa.org]
- Brian Blank, Book review. The College Mathematics Journal, Vol.32 No.2, March 2001, 155-160. See pp. 158-160 [pdf]
- Keith Devlin, Natural History, Dec, 1999. [bnet]
- John Derbyshire, The conquering zero. October 1999. [newcriterion.com]
- Richard Pinch, Much ado about Nothing. Magazine issue 2228 (04 March 2000) [newscientist.com]
- J. Kingston Pierce, All for Naught. [January Magazine]
- Charles Seife, Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea. Viking Penguin, New York, 2000.
- Critically reviewed by:
- Brian Blank, Book review. The College Mathematics Journal, Vol.32 No.2, March 2001, 155-160. See pp. 157-158 [pdf]
- Steven G. Krantz, What's So Special About Zero? Book Review, SIAM News (September 17, 2000). [siam.org (pdf)]
- Keith Devlin, Natural History, Dec, 1999. [bnet]
- John D. Barrow, The Book of Nothing. Pantheon: 2001.
- Critically reviewed by:
- John O'Connor, Nothing to it! Book review. Nature 410, 748-749 (12 April 2001) (doi:10.1038/35071152) [nature.com]
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Martin Gardner, The Significance of ‘Nothing’, in: The Night is Large. (1996).
What is the origin of zero? How did we indicate nothingness before zero?
Scientific American (January 16, 2007), answer based on Kaplan's book (see below). [Scientific American]
Bill Casselman, All for Nought. Feature column at [ams.org]
Gwalior in India The temple is dated to 876 A. D What the Gwalior tablet shows is that by 876 A. D. our current place-value system with a base of 10 had become part of popular culture in at least one region of India.
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