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000325
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Chennai, Tulika Publishers, 2005.
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18pBlue Spine
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The story of the number zero - the important little circle of nothing, that quite certainly came from India.
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8186896112 Pb.
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| 002142 | FIC/SAB | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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019595
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New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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x, 242pBlack spine
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The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery. 'Finding zero' is an adventure filled saga of Amir Aczel's lifelong obsession: to find the original sources of our numerals. Aczel has doggedly crisscrossed the ancient world, scouring dusty, mouldy texts, cross examining so-called scholars who offered wildly differing sets of facts, and ultimately penetrating deep into a Cambodian jungle to find a definitive proof. Here, he takes the reader along for the ride. The history begins with the early Babylonian cuneiform numbers, followed by the later Greek and Roman letter numerals. Then Aczel asks the key question: where do the numbers we use today, the so-called Hindu-Arabic numerals, come from? It is this search that leads him to explore uncharted territory, to go on a grand quest into India, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and ultimately into the wilds of Cambodia. There he is blown away to find the earliest zero--the keystone of our entire system of numbers--on a crumbling, vine-covered wall of a seventh-century temple adorned with eaten-away erotic sculptures. While on this odyssey, Aczel meets a host of fascinating characters: academics in search of truth, jungle trekkers looking for adventure, surprisingly honest politicians, shameless smugglers, and treacherous archaeological thieves--who finally reveal where our numbers come from.
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9781137279842 Hb.
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025323
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New Delhi, Rupa Publications, 2019.
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ix, 129pYellow spine
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In The Magical World of Mathematics, Swagata Deb shows young readers how and why mathematics has been an integral part of life since the beginning of time. It explores the direct link between mathematics and various other fields—from art and entertainment to computers and philosophy, from nature and the environment to sociology and astronomy. Apart from introducing readers to the wonders of mathematics in a simple and fun way, the book also outlines ancient India’s contribution to mathematics—the concept of zero, decimal system, algebra, etc.
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9789353334543 Pb.
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018382
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New Delhi, Puffin Books, 2013.
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60pPink Spine
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Mathemagic
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Sir Tzyphyr is no ordinary magician. He is the greatest Wizard of the universe for he knows mathemagic, the spell of numbers. This gives him powers greater than ordinary magic ever could. Join him as he takes the twins Megha and Mehul on a second exciting journey into the magical world of numbers. This time they find out all they can about that most special and mysterious of numbers, ZERO!
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9780143332077 Pb.
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024573
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Watertown, Charlesbridge, 2003.
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32pSky Blue Spine
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As Zero searches to find his place, he learns of his additive and multiplicative identities, and then he establishes place value.
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9781570911965 Pb.
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