← Back to context Comment by jmrodgers 4 hours ago Development of zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0 4 comments jmrodgers Reply towledev 4 hours ago Is it though? All languages have the word 'nothing'.Better candidates: a) place-value numbering aka the positional numeral system, b) the Cartesian coordinate system. Forced to choose, I would pick (b). throw0101a 1 hour ago > Is it though? All languages have the word 'nothing'.The interpretation of the concept that been different over time. See perhaps The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero by Kaplan:* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3188988 Asraelite 4 hours ago "nothing" is not the same the same as "zero". "zero apples" means something different to "nothing", but that difference is subtle and difficult to explain, which is what makes the invention of zero such an achievement. towledev 2 hours ago ok, "no apples."
towledev 4 hours ago Is it though? All languages have the word 'nothing'.Better candidates: a) place-value numbering aka the positional numeral system, b) the Cartesian coordinate system. Forced to choose, I would pick (b). throw0101a 1 hour ago > Is it though? All languages have the word 'nothing'.The interpretation of the concept that been different over time. See perhaps The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero by Kaplan:* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3188988 Asraelite 4 hours ago "nothing" is not the same the same as "zero". "zero apples" means something different to "nothing", but that difference is subtle and difficult to explain, which is what makes the invention of zero such an achievement. towledev 2 hours ago ok, "no apples."
throw0101a 1 hour ago > Is it though? All languages have the word 'nothing'.The interpretation of the concept that been different over time. See perhaps The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero by Kaplan:* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3188988
Asraelite 4 hours ago "nothing" is not the same the same as "zero". "zero apples" means something different to "nothing", but that difference is subtle and difficult to explain, which is what makes the invention of zero such an achievement. towledev 2 hours ago ok, "no apples."
Is it though? All languages have the word 'nothing'.
Better candidates: a) place-value numbering aka the positional numeral system, b) the Cartesian coordinate system. Forced to choose, I would pick (b).
> Is it though? All languages have the word 'nothing'.
The interpretation of the concept that been different over time. See perhaps The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero by Kaplan:
* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3188988
"nothing" is not the same the same as "zero". "zero apples" means something different to "nothing", but that difference is subtle and difficult to explain, which is what makes the invention of zero such an achievement.
ok, "no apples."