This talk is all about nothing. Well, actually, it’s about the introduction of the concept of zero into Western mathematics. Why is zero so important? It's not what we wanted to see on our exam scores, it's not what we’d like to see in our bank account balance.
So I guess it is important, but how did it get developed to fill this important need?
Views: 321 | Enquiries: 0I've recently retired and one of the things I'm looking forward to is to spend more time speaking and telling stories. I regularly give talks in my local village in the Cotswolds, the fabulous Hook Norton. These talks have ranged from the history of Bletchley Park to the Apollo space programme, to the history of flight to the story of how they solved how to measure Longitude. I'm happy to give these talks to other groups, or to research and then speak on a topic of interest to groups.
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