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The Nothing that Is A Natural History of Zero

Robert Kaplan

A symbol for what is not there, an emptiness that increases any number it's added to, an inexhaustible and indispensable paradox. As we enter the year 2000, zero is once again making its presence felt. Nothing itself, it makes possible a myriad of calculations. Indeed, without zero mathematics as we...

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10% Happier with Dan Harris

Years after his experience of 'zero,' Joseph Goldstein encountered this book about the history of the number zero, whose opening lines about zero completely resonated with his prior realization.

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Years later back in the States and teaching for quite a while, I came across a book. The title of the book was The Nothing That Is. And it turns out it was a book about the history of the number zero.

— Episode: Nirvana | Joseph Goldstein

Episode: Nirvana | Joseph Goldstein

Years after his experience of 'zero,' Joseph Goldstein encountered this book about the history of the number zero, whose opening lines about zero completely resonated with his prior realization.

"

Years later back in the States and teaching for quite a while, I came across a book. The title of the book was The Nothing That Is. And it turns out it was a book about the history of the number zero.

It said you look at zero and you see nothing. Look through it and you see the world.

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