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@Book{Aczel:2015:FZM,
  author =       "Amir D. Aczel",
  title =        "Finding zero: a mathematician's odyssey to uncover the
                 origins of numbers",
  publisher =    "Palgrave Macmillan",
  address =      "New York City, NY, USA",
  pages =        "x + 242",
  year =         "2015",
  ISBN =         "1-137-27984-2 (hardcover)",
  ISBN-13 =      "978-1-137-27984-2 (hardcover)",
  LCCN =         "QA141.2 .A29 2015",
  bibdate =      "Fri Feb 13 17:57:48 MST 2015",
  bibsource =    "http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/sciam2010.bib;
                 z3950.loc.gov:7090/Voyager",
  URL =          "http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/842/9781137279842/image/lgcover.9781137279842.jpg",
  abstract =     "The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest
                 abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually
                 everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or
                 quantified. The story of how and where we got these
                 numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of
                 years been shrouded in mystery. \booktitle{Finding
                 Zero} is an adventure filled saga of Amir Aczel's
                 lifelong obsession: to find the original sources of our
                 numerals. Aczel has doggedly crisscrossed the ancient
                 world, scouring dusty, moldy texts, cross examining
                 so-called scholars who offered wildly differing sets of
                 facts, and ultimately penetrating deep into a Cambodian
                 jungle to find a definitive proof. Here, he takes the
                 reader along for the ride. The history begins with the
                 early Babylonian cuneiform numbers, followed by the
                 later Greek and Roman letter numerals. Then Aczel asks
                 the key question: where do the numbers we use today,
                 the so-called Hindu-Arabic numerals, come from? It is
                 this search that leads him to explore uncharted
                 territory, to go on a grand quest into India, Thailand,
                 Laos, Vietnam, and ultimately into the wilds of
                 Cambodia. There he is blown away to find the earliest
                 zero --- the keystone of our entire system of numbers
                 on a crumbling, vine-covered wall of a seventh-century
                 temple adorned with eaten-away erotic sculptures. While
                 on this odyssey, Aczel meets a host of fascinating
                 characters: academics in search of truth, jungle
                 trekkers looking for adventure, surprisingly honest
                 politicians, shameless smugglers, and treacherous
                 archaeological thieves --- who finally reveal where our
                 numbers come from.",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  subject =      "Numerals; History; Zero (The number); MATHEMATICS /
                 History and Philosophy.; SCIENCE / History.",
}

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