Zero : the biography of a dangerous idea / Charles Seife ; drawings by Matt Zimet. –
vi, 248 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 014-029647-6
Includes bibliography: p. 231-238 and index.
1. Zero (The number). 2. Infinite. 3. Nothing (Philosophy).
Starting with the Egyptian and Greek geometricians Seife relates the history of a number with very peculiar properties and its polar opposite, infinity. That makes this a book about nothing and everything. He uses it to mathematically prove that Sir Winston Churchill was a carrot and includes instructions on how to “make your own wormhole time machine.” For the most part he uses drawings rather than mathematical formulae to illustrate concepts, making this a very accessible book for the non-mathematicians among us.
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