# The Book of Nothing

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- Book: [The Book Of Nothing](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-d-barrow/the-book-of-nothing) ([The Book Of Nothing.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-d-barrow/the-book-of-nothing.md))
- Authors: [John D. Barrow](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-d-barrow)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-7572-609-5
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2002-08-13
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

What conceptual blind spot kept the ancient Greeks (unlike the Indians and Maya) from developing a concept of zero? Why did St. Augustine equate nothingness with the Devil? What tortuous means did 17th-century...