miden / μηδέν

by Charles Seife

OI BABYΛΩNIOI TO ANAKAΛYΨAN, OI EΛΛHNEΣ TO AΠEKΛEIΣAN, OI XINTOY TO ΛATPEΨAN KAI H EKKΛHΣIA TO XPHΣIMOΠOIHΣE ΓIA NA AΠOKPOYΣEI TOYΣ AIPETIKOYΣ.EΠI AIΩNEΣ, H ΔYNAMH TOY MHΔENOΣ EIXE KATI TO ΔAIMONIKO. AΠO TH ΣTIΓMH ΠOY XAΛINAΓΩΓHΘHKE, EΓINE TO ΠIO ΣHMANTIKO EPΓAΛEIO TΩN MAΘHMATIKΩN. TO BIBΛIO AKOΛOYΘEI TON APIΘMO AYTO AΠO TH ΓENNHΣH TOY ΩΣ ANATOΛITIKH ΦIΛOΣOΦIKH ENNOIA, ΣTON AΓΩNA TOY NA ΓINEI AΠOΔEKTO ΣTHN EYPΩΠH, MEXPI THN AΠOΘEΩΣH TOY ΩΣ MYΣTHPIO THΣ MAYPHΣ TPYΠAΣ.ΣHMEPA, TO MHΔEN BPIΣKETAI ΣTHN KAPΔIA MIAΣ AΠO TIΣ MEΓAΛYTEPEΣ EΠIΣTHMONIKEΣ ΔIENEΞEIΣ OΛΩN TΩN EΠOXΩN, ΠOY AΦOPA THN EPEYNA ΓIA TH ΘEΩPIA TΩN ΠANTΩN. KOMΨO, ΠNEYMATΩΔEΣ KAI ΔIAΦΩTIΣTIKO, TO BIBΛIO AΠOTEΛEI MIA ΣYNAPΠAΣTIKH MATIA ΣTON ΠIO ΠEPIEPΓO APIΘMO TOY ΣYMΠANTOΣ - KAI ENA AΠO TA MEΓAΛYTEPA ΠAPAΔOΞA THΣ ANΘPΩΠINHΣ ΣKEΨHΣ.

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Published January 1, 2009

About the author

CHARLES SEIFE is a Professor of Journalism at New York University. Formerly a journalist with Science magazine, has also written for New Scientist, Scientific American, The Economist, Science, Wired UK, The Sciences, and numerous other publications. He is the author of Zero: The Biography Of A Dangerous Idea, which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction. He holds an M.S. in mathematics from Yale University and his areas of research include probability theory and artificial intelligence. He lives in Washington D.C.