weird@sub.wetshaving.social to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agoAt least we're not mixing in letterssub.wetshaving.socialimagemessage-square218linkfedilinkarrow-up11.24Karrow-down149
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minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoPeople who lived before the invention of zero counted like that!
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI have no idea if that’s true but I believe it
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days 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 Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days 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.
People who lived before the invention of zero counted like that!
I have no idea if that’s true but I believe it
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.