Zero : The Biography of a Dangerous Idea Paperback – 1 September 2000

Though main focus of the book is Zero - how humankind reached to its concept, its importance in solving crises of concepts faced by scientific society, the book vividly depicts how it helped development of science afterwards and its scope in future. The language is lucid and the way of story telling is captivating. This book is not written for scientists but for the general reader. Persons who are afraid of mathematics, I am sure, also will enjoy this book.

The first half of the book was simply amazing, clear and followed a story telling pattern. The book soon introduced some very complex concepts which are not easy to grasp and therefore seemed like a stretch but still the book was able to involve me till the end. All in all of if you have a bit of a geeky side, you might like this book

The book takes you in the realm of nothingness of cosmos and its infinite vastness, concurrently. You may be thinking that I am out of my mind ; I am not, the book really takes you to such realm. Zero , Cipher or Sifer or Sunya is the vehicle that takes you to this realm. This realm is a reality of our universe.

Seife's ZERO is far as I know the only book on this very important subject. The book is an interesting and useful contribution to undergraduate (PU 1-2) studies and should find a place in every college library. I would commend the book and the subject to college lecturers.Parthasarathy

Zero is the beginning and the end. Zero is the paradox yet is the solution. Zero is at the centre of the blackhole and also in the origin of the observed universe. Zero is when the world would attain the thermodynamic equilibrium.

A must read lucid book for anyone interested in the history of mathematics through its long journey. A splendid work by the author.

One of the most forceful books of 21st century, written honestly and with the evidence at hand.

First things first—Neither I am a mathematician, nor I particularly like the subject. I read it just because I felt fascinated by the scope of the book. So don’t be put off by the mathematics side of the book, it is not that loaded, and in case you do come across such a part, you can skip it or reread it depending upon your relation with maths.An intriguing book which tracks the journey of Zero and presence of Zero in anything and everything—from infinity to civilizations to history to philosophy to quantum mechanics—how zero shaped these different fields.You will read how a simple idea—a Zero—is at heart of almost everything and yet how our ancestors survived without it for many years. You will read how west saw it and how east saw it. What this innocuous digit tells us and what infinities it beholds in its lap.