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Who Invented ‘Zero’?

Who Invented ‘Zero’?

by | Oct 12, 2017 | Opinion

Carbon dating of an ancient Indian document, the Bakhshali manuscript, has recently placed the first written occurrence of the number zero in the third or fourth century A.D., about 500 years earlier than previously believed. While the news has no practical bearing on...