Review: A Cultural Paradox: Fun in Mathematics by Jeffrey A. Zilahy
Feb 28 2012in Book Reviews, Features by tbmarkinson No Comments »
“What did the number zero say to the number eight? ‘Very nice belt.’” Okay I admit that this is a corny joke. But did you know that the number zero did not make an appearance in history until the 6th century AD? In fact, the Chinese didn’t create a symbol for zero until the 13th [...]






