Zero! the number that almost wasn't
How did math work before zero existed? A STEM nonfiction book that unpacks a fascinating history of a number we can't imagine our current world without. From place value to being created and destroyed before being created again, zero has had quite a journey. Respected children's author and consummat...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Watertown, MA :
Charlesbridge,
[2025]
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| Edition: | [Hardcover edition]. |
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| Summary: | How did math work before zero existed? A STEM nonfiction book that unpacks a fascinating history of a number we can't imagine our current world without. From place value to being created and destroyed before being created again, zero has had quite a journey. Respected children's author and consummate researcher Sarah Albee lays out the history of zero alongside the complications that initially hampered its development, including Western imperialism. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 21 x 27 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 7-10. Grades 2-3. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781623544324 1623544327 9781623544324 : HRD 1623544327 : HRD |
| Author Notes: | Albee started her career as a newspaper cartoonist and a semi-professional basketball player. She writes children's books for many age groups and under a number of pseudonyms like Constance Allen, Catherine Lukas, and Sarah Wilson. She has had three of her books appear on the New York Times Bestseller list. Sarah Albee is an author of Sesame Street and Big Bag books; she also wrote the script for Elmo and the Orchestra. Albee has also contributed to the Elmo's Neighborhood and Sesame Street ABCs series. She is also a writer for books from the non-Muppet series, Blue's Clues. (Publisher Provided) |
