EPISODE · Jun 15, 2023 · 31 MIN
It's A Math Math Math World With Divakaran And Shraddha - The Zero Story (Ep2) 15th June 2023
from Radio Azim Premji University · host Radio Apu
Remember that dreaded figure your teacher scrawled on the margin of your math test paper? It’s the hero of this episode. Our much-villainised zero has a fascinating history. The Babylonians, as we discovered in Episode 1, may have arrived at a placeholder for zero, but the actual symbol did not enter convention until the 7th century in the Indian subcontinent. It later became a foundational element of mathematical concepts during the Islamic Golden Age (the word algebra has Arabic roots). Later, it was adopted in Europe by Renaissance mathematicians. Long story short: Zero has come full circle. In this episode, Divakaran and Shraddha host you through the evolution of zero through the ages. Further reading: Book | Physics for Entertainment by Yakov Perelman Read online at OpenLibrary.org - https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8643229W/Physics_for_Entertainment Full text at Archive.org - https://archive.org/details/physicsforentert035428mbp Charles Seife: ZERO : THE BIOGRAPHY OF A DANGEROUS IDEA Book | Amazon India | https://www.amazon.in/Zero-Biography-Dangerous-Charles-Seife/dp/0285635948 YouTube | Full Audio Transcript: https://youtu.be/tgvd1zMtKt0 Credits: Akshay Ramuhalli, Bijoy Venugopal, Bruce Lee Mani, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Shraddha Gautam, Supriya Joshi and Velu Shankar
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Remember that dreaded figure your teacher scrawled on the margin of your math test paper? It’s the hero of this episode. Our much-villainised zero has a fascinating history. The Babylonians, as we discovered in Episode 1, may have arrived at a placeholder for zero, but the actual symbol did not enter convention until the 7th century in the Indian subcontinent. It later became a foundational element of mathematical concepts during the Islamic Golden Age (the word algebra has Arabic roots). Later, it was adopted in Europe by Renaissance mathematicians. Long story short: Zero has come full circle. In this episode, Divakaran and Shraddha host you through the evolution of zero through the ages. Further reading: Book | Physics for Entertainment by Yakov Perelman Read online at OpenLibrary.org - https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8643229W/Physics_for_Entertainment Full text at Archive.org - https://archive.org/details/physicsforentert035428mbp Charles Seife: ZERO : THE BIOGRAPHY OF A DANGEROUS IDEA Book | Amazon India | https://www.amazon.in/Zero-Biography-Dangerous-Charles-Seife/dp/0285635948 YouTube | Full Audio Transcript: https://youtu.be/tgvd1zMtKt0 Credits: Akshay Ramuhalli, Bijoy Venugopal, Bruce Lee Mani, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Shraddha Gautam, Supriya Joshi and Velu Shankar
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