Robert Kaplan (1) (1933–2021)
Auteur de The Nothing that Is: A Natural History of Zero
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A propos de l'auteur
Robert Kaplan has taught mathematics to people from six to sixty, most recently at Harvard University. In 1994, with his wife Ellen, he founded The Math Circle, a program, open to the public, for the enjoyment of pure mathematics. He has also taught Philosophy, Greek, German, Sanskrit, and Inspired afficher plus Guessing. Robert Kaplan lives in Cambridge, MA. afficher moins
Œuvres de Robert Kaplan
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1933
- Date de décès
- 2021-11-11
- Sexe
- male
- Pays (pour la carte)
- USA
- Relations
- Kaplan, Ellen (wife)
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Critiques
As much interesting history as anything else.
Remove a star if you hate history.
Remove a star if you hate history.
a nicely written reminder of what I once learnt at university. adds a lot of history and human endeavour to the theorems which was interesting.
Robert Kaplan's The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero begins as a mystery story, taking us back to Sumerian times, and then to Greece and India, piecing together the way the idea of a symbol for nothing evolved.
Interesting to read. It is hard to imagine that there were times without „zero“ and how important it was to invent it.
Interesting to read. It is hard to imagine that there were times without „zero“ and how important it was to invent it.
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- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 1,665
- Popularité
- #15,419
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 19
- ISBN
- 54
- Langues
- 8
Is it possible that Kaplan is a fan of Good Omens, or is it just coincidence that there are multiple references to things found in that book? Ussher's prediction of the exact hour when the world would end, "prestidigitation" in the same paragraph as angels dancing on the head of a pin, among others. Perhaps those were just common topics decades ago 😂.… (plus d'informations)