![]() “The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the operations of daily life. From the sub-chapter Life Without Zero, Alfred North Whitehead quoted on page 6: Not super informative regarding the pro/contra debate in safety, but great to have as a general knowledge base.Īnd here’s one quote that I really find interesting, and which is actually somewhat applicable for the safety debate. Seife, a mathematician, takes us back to ancient times of the Egyptians, Babylonians, Greek, Romans and Hindu and how they adopted or rejected zero and then moves toward modern days, discussing philosophers and scientists as Aristotle, Pythagoras, Descartes, Newton, Einstein and Hawking. ![]() ![]() Reading this book shows that zero divided the world much earlier and has created far more controversy than just that little debate in one profession. Much ado for or against zero within safety. ![]()
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