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| Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife |
I found out about this book in a post by my blogging friend June at Live and Learn-Toss and Turn. She writes much better book reviews than I do (which is why I've linked it) and her review led me to request the book through the library. Maths was perhaps my weakest subject all through school, but, I have enjoyed reading about it from time to time, including A History of Mathematics by Carl B. Boyer, which I had in my home library until I included it in my September 2024 round of decluttering:
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| A History of Mathematics - 2nd book down on the left stack of books, under the book with the red cover |
I found Zero: The Biography of a Dangerious Idea by Charles Seife to be quite interesting. It discusses the origins of the concept of zero or nothingness and its duality with its partner, infinity. It traces the development of zero from its invention by the Babylonians to the role it currently plays in understanding our universe from the Big Bang theory to black holes and to the search for a theory of everything.
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| Description Inside the Book Jacket |
The book is more than a book about maths, it also discusses history, knowledge, and learning and how religion and beliefs impacted that learning and knowledge.
I already knew some parts of what the book was discussing, but, I still enjoyed reading this book and found it very interesting. The library has several other books by this author and I am planning to request one in the near future.
In the meantime, I am resting in bed due to my sciatica flare up and reading two other library books that I've borrowed. So, there will be more book reviews to follow. In addition to the books, I read a few magazines I borrowed from the library, but, they were home and garden related magazines. Daughter returned them to the library for me, yesterday, a day before they were due.
I am grateful for:
- Being able to read (physically, with the help of reading glasses)
- Being able to read as a result of learning to read
- Teachers who taught me to read at schools I was able to attend
- For libraries and the ability to borrow books and other material from them
- For access to a variety of books
Have you read this book? Is it something you might be interested in reading?
Thank you so much for sharing about this book. I have not read it. It does sound interesting! I hope you have a lovely weekend!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Linda. Let me know if you decide to read it and what you think of it. :)
DeleteThank you; I hope you, too, have a lovely weekend. :)
This sounds like an interesting book. I have a stack of books waiting to be read, but I'll keep this one in mind for the future! Libraries are great places. I hope your sciatica improves soon. Rest and enjoy the books!
ReplyDeleteI did find it to be an interesting book Celie; maybe you will too.
DeleteThank you; I've been resting and taking it easy all week and am finally starting to feel better.
So sorry about the sciatica flare up. That's so painful, praying you have relief soon. Grateful that your daughter is around,both to help with mundane tasks and to be good company for you ❤️🙏😊👍
ReplyDeleteThank you, Angela. It is definitely a blessing that my daughter is home to help me and just be there for me. :)
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