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It was speculated that the shape of the zero symbol originates from a round depression left in sand after removing a stone from a sand counting board, based on this book.
Robert Kaplan's book, The Nothing That Is, A Natural History of Zero. He speculates that the shape comes from the round depression left in the sand, a sand counting board once you remove a stone from...
— Episode: SYSK Selects: How Zero Works
Episode: SYSK Selects: How Zero Works
It was speculated that the shape of the zero symbol originates from a round depression left in sand after removing a stone from a sand counting board, based on this book.
Robert Kaplan's book, The Nothing That Is, A Natural History of Zero. He speculates that the shape comes from the round depression left in the sand, a sand counting board once you remove a stone from it.
Episode: SYSK Selects: How Zero Works
It was speculated that the shape of zero came from the round depression left in the sand, a sand counting board once a stone was removed from it.
Robert Kaplan's book, The Nothing That Is, A Natural History of Zero. He speculates that the shape comes from the round depression left in the sand, a sand counting board once you remove a stone from it.
Episode: SYSK Selects: How Zero Works
It was speculated that the shape of the zero came from the round depression left in the sand on a sand counting board, after a stone had been removed.
Robert Kaplan's book, The Nothing That Is, A Natural History of Zero. He speculates that the shape comes from the round depression left in the sand, a sand counting board once you remove a stone from it.