@weird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world • 1 month agoAt least we're not mixing in letterssub.wetshaving.socialimagemessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up11.24Karrow-down149
arrow-up11.2Karrow-down1imageAt least we're not mixing in letterssub.wetshaving.social@weird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world • 1 month agomessage-square194fedilink
minus-square@chonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•1 month agoThe idea of zero being a number rather than the absence of a number took a very long time to settle on. There’s a whole history book on the topic!
minus-squareApathy TreelinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoI listened to an audiobook about the history of zero years ago (can’t remember the name, might be that one). I thought it would be dull enough to fall asleep to. It was not.
The idea of zero being a number rather than the absence of a number took a very long time to settle on. There’s a whole history book on the topic!
I listened to an audiobook about the history of zero years ago (can’t remember the name, might be that one). I thought it would be dull enough to fall asleep to.
It was not.