Where Did the Number Zero Come From?
Babylon had a placeholder, the Maya had a glyph, but India turned zero into a number with its own rules. Here is how a dot on birch bark became the digit the whole world counts with.
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Babylon had a placeholder, the Maya had a glyph, but India turned zero into a number with its own rules. Here is how a dot on birch bark became the digit the whole world counts with.