عنوان

Zero :

شابک

1101199601

شابک

1429514566

شابک

1429521910

شابک

9781101199602

شابک

9781429514569

شابک

9781429521918

شماره

b614824

عنوان اصلي

Zero :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the biography of a dangerous idea

نام نخستين پديدآور

Charles Seife; drawings by Matt Zimet.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Penguin Books

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2000

نام خاص و کميت اثر

(vi, 248 pages) : illustrations

متن يادداشت

ch. 0. Null and void --; ch. 1. Nothing doing : the origin of zero --; ch. 2. Nothing comes of nothing : the west rejects zero --; ch. 3. Nothing ventured : zero goes east --; ch. 4. The infinite God of nothing : the theology of zero --; ch. 5. Infinite zeros and infidel mathematicians : zero and the scientific revolution --; ch. 6. Infinity's twin : the infinite nature of zero --; ch. 7. Absolute zeros : the physics of zero --; ch. 8. Zero hour at ground zero : zero at the edge of space and time --; Zero's final victory : end time.

متن يادداشت

The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshipped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Today, zero lies at the heart of one of the biggest scientific controversies of all time, the quest for the theory of everything. Line illustrations. Zero follows the number from its birth as an Eastern philosophical concept to its struggle for acceptance in Europe and its apotheosis as the mystery of the black hole. Elegant, witty, and utterly fascinating, Zero takes us from Aristotle to superstring theory by way of Pythagoras, Descartes, the Kabbalists, and Einstein. It is a compelling look at the strangest number in the universe, and one of the greatest paradoxes of human thought. "A stunning chronicle."--U.S. News & World Report. "Entertainingly traces the history of numbers from 30,000 years ago, down to the role that zero plays in contemporary cosmological theory. After finishing, his readers will feel they've accomplished a considerable something."-the New York Times. "Charles Seife has made a marvelously entertaining something out of nothing. By simply telling the tale of zero, Seife provides a fresh and fascinating history not only of mathematics but also of science, philosophy, theology, and even art. An impressive debut for a promising young science writer."-John Horgan.

موضوع مستند نشده

Filosofische aspecten.

موضوع مستند نشده

Nul.

موضوع مستند نشده

Zero (The number)

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Charles Seife; drawings by Matt Zimet.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Charles Seife

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y