Astronomy Cast Ep. 466: Origins of Zero (0)

By susie - November 20, 2017 at 2:38 PM UTC | Cosmology
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We depend on zero for our math to work right, but this number was actually invented in fairly recent times. Why do we need zero? Was it inevitable?

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