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The Origin and Significance of Zero: An Interdisciplinary Perspective: Value Inquiry Book Series, cartea 395

Peter Gobets, Robert Lawrence Kuhn
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 mar 2024
Zero has been axial in human development, but the origin and discovery of zero has never been satisfactorily addressed by a comprehensive, systematic and above all interdisciplinary research program. In this volume, over 40 international scholars explore zero under four broad themes: history; religion, philosophy & linguistics; arts; and mathematics & the sciences. Some propose that the invention/discovery of zero may have been facilitated by the prior evolution of a sophisticated concept of Nothingness or Emptiness (as it is understood in non-European traditions); and conversely, inhibited by the absence of, or aversion to, such a concept of Nothingness in the West. But not all scholars agree. Join the debate.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789004691551
ISBN-10: 9004691553
Pagini: 772
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 1.25 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Value Inquiry Book Series


Notă biografică

Peter Gobets is an independent researcher, specializing in philosophy, linguistics and the history of science and mathematics. He has authored three books including a philosophical novel. In the early 1990s, he drafted the original Zero Project, formally launched in 2015.

Robert Lawrence Kuhn (B.A., S.M., Ph.D.) is creator and host of Closer To Truth (science and philosophy, TV and web). He has written or edited over thirty books, chairs The Kuhn Foundation, and received the China Reform Friendship Medal.

Recenzii

“…a fascinating interdisciplinary expedition to unearth zero’s best-kept secrets.”
— Professor Max Tegmark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

“Zero has been central to battles in mathematics, in philosophy, in religion, and in the sciences.”
— Professor John Leslie, University of Guelph, Canada

Cuprins

Contents
Foreword
Valdis Segliņš

Preface
Robert Lawrence Kuhn

Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors

Introduction
Peter Gobets

Part 0: Zero in Historical Perspective


Introduction to Part 0

1 Viewing the Zero as a Part of Cross-cultural Intellectual Heritage
Bhaswati Bhattacharya

2 Connecting Zeros
Mayank N. Vahia

3 Babylonian Zeros
Jim Ritter

4 Aspects of Zero in Ancient Egypt
Friedhelm Hoffmann

5 The Zero Concept in Ancient Egypt
Beatrice Lumpkin

6 On the Placeholder in Numeration and the Numeral Zero in China
Célestin Xiaohan Zhou

7 Reflections on Early Dated Inscriptions from South India
T. S. Ravishankar

8 From Śūnya to Zero – an Enigmatic Odyssey
Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay

9 The Significance of Zero in Jaina Mathematics
Anupam Jain

10 Notes on the Origin of the First Definition of Zero Consistent with Basic Physical Laws
Jonathan J. Crabtree

11 Putting a Price on Zero
Manil Suri

12 Revisiting Khmer Stele K-127
Debra G. Aczel, Solang Uk and Hab Touch

13 The Medieval Arabic Zero
Jeffrey A. Oaks

14 Numeration in the Scientific Manuscripts of the Maghreb
Djamil Aïssani

15 The Zero Triumphant: Allegory, Emptiness and the Early History of the Tarot
Esther Freinkel Tishman

Part 1: Zero in Religious, Philosophical and Linguistic Perspective


Introduction to Part 1

16 On the Semiotics of Zero
Brian Rotman

17 Nought Matters: the History and Philosophy of Zero
Paul Ernest

18 The Influence of Buddhism on the Invention and Development of Zero
Alexis Lavis

19 Zero and Śūnyatā: Likely Bedfellows
Fabio Gironi

20 Indian Origin of Zero
Ravi Prakash Arya

21 A Philosophical Origin of the Mathematical Zero
Sudip Bhattacharyya

22 Category Theory and the Ontology of Śūnyata
Sisir Roy and Rayudu Posina

23 Zero: an Integrative Spiritual Perspective with One and Infinity
Sharda S. Nandram, Puneet K. Bindlish, Ankur Joshi and Vishwanath Dhital

24 Challenges in Interpreting the Invention of Zero
Kaspars Klavins

25 Some More Unsystematic Notes on Śūnya
Alberto Pelissero

26 Much Ado about Nothing or, How Much Philosophy Is Required to Invent the Number Zero?
Johannes Bronkhorst

27 From Emptiness to Nonsense: the Constitution of the Number Zero (for Non-mathematicians)
Erik Hoogcarspel

28 The Fear of Nothingness
John Marmysz

29 The Concept of Naught in Jewish Tradition
Esti Eisenmann

30 How Does Tom Tillemans Think?
Erik Hoogcarspel

31 Overhauling the Prevailing Worldview: an Essay
Peter Gobets

Part 2: Zero in the Arts


Introduction to Part 2

32 Selected Works by Anish Kapoor
Peter Gobets

Part 3: Zero in Mathematics and Science


Introduction to Part 3

33 The Unique Significance of Zero in Thinking: a Sense of ‘Nothing’
Andreas Nieder

34 Can We Divide by Zero?
Marina Ville

35 Division by Zero (khahara) in Indian Mathematics
Avinash Sathaye

36 Zero: in Various Forms
Mayank N. Vahia and Upsana Neogi

37 Nothing, Zeno Paradoxes and Quantum Physics
Marcis Auzinsh

38 The Significance to Physics of the Number Zero
Joseph A. Biello and R. Samson

39 A World without Zero
R. Samson

Epilogue
Peter Gobets

Appendix 1: Expertise Center on Zero Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Appendix 2: Online Presentations
Appendix 3: Status Update/Petition on the Bakhshali Manuscript
Index