“In string theory, zero has been banished from the universe; there is no such thing as zero distance or zero time. This… — Charles Seife Copy Share Image
“Zero dwells at the juxtaposition of quantum mechanics and relativity; zero lives where the two theories meet, and zero causes the two… — Charles Seife Copy Share Image
“As mathematicians were uncovering the connection between zero and infinity, physicists began to encounter zeros in the natural world; zero crossed over… — Charles Seife Copy Share Image
“Removing zero from the universe might seem like a drastic step, but strings are much more tractable than dots; by eliminating zero,… — Charles Seife Copy Share Image
“Quantum mechanics has a similar problem, a problem related to the zero-point energy. The laws of quantum mechanics treat particles such as… — Charles Seife Copy Share Image
“How could the vacuum, which has nothing in it, have any energy at all? The answer comes from another equation: Einstein's famous… — Charles Seife Copy Share Image
“A bad idea, a wrong piece of information, a digital brain-altering virus can spread at the speed of light through the internet and quickly… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“The key to a black hole's strange properties is the way it curves space-time. A black hole takes up no space at all, but… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“In string theory, zero has been banished from the universe; there is no such thing as zero distance or zero time. This solves all… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“Zero and infinity are eternally locked in a struggle to engulf all the numbers. Like a Manichaean nightmare, the two sit on opposite poles… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“Skinnerian conditioning, crossed with social pressure, is now an ever-present invisible hand that tries to manipulate all of your actions on the internet. This… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“In 1933, the Indian Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar realized that the Pauli exclusion principle had only a limited ability to fight against the squeeze of gravity.… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“We tend to shy away from data that challenges our assumptions, that erodes our preconceptions. Getting rid of our wrong ideas is a painful… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“Banishing zero also solves the infinity problems in general relativity. If you imagine a black hole as a string, no longer do objects fall… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“With news and data that is tailored to our prejudices, we deprive ourselves of true information. We wind up wallowing in our own false… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“Digital information has an unbelievably high R0 [basic reproductive rate], and this means that it's hard to stop once it emerges. It spreads from… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“Christianity initially rejected zero, but trade would soon demand it. The man who reintroduced zero to the West was Leonardo of Pisa. The son… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“Zero dwells at the juxtaposition of quantum mechanics and relativity; zero lives where the two theories meet, and zero causes the two theories to… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“Though the Casimir force-a mysterious, phantom force exerted by nothing at all-seems like science fiction, it exists. It is a tiny force and very… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“Bad information is a disease that attacks the brain. It messes with your head, making you do things that you shouldn't, causing you to… — Charles Seife Copy Share
“In the battle between Kronecker and Cantor, Cantor would ultimately prevail. Cantor's theory would show that Kronecker's precious integers-and even the rational numbers-were nothing… — Charles Seife Copy Share
