Contribution Quote by Lancelot Hogben

The concept of zero is attributed to the Hindus. The Hindus were also the first to use zero in the way it is used…

— Shakuntala Devi

“Indeed, the very word “zero” has Indian origins: The Indian word for zero was sunya, meaning “empty,” which the Arabs turned into sifr. Western…

— Chris Anderson

“In the history of culture the discovery of zero will always stand out as one of the greatest single achievements of the human race.”

— Tobias Dantzig

“Zero has had a long history. The Babylonians invented the concept of zero; the ancient Greeks debated it in lofty terms (how could something…

— Dan Ariely

I hears that there's a group of South American Indians that worship the number zero

— Paul McCartney

iv. who was it who invented size zero? who was it who promised that if you got to a certain point you would no…

— David Levithan

“We have seen that our numerical zero derives originally from the Hindu sunya, meaning void or emptiness, deriving from the Sanskrit name for the…

— John D. Barrow

There is a remote tribe that worships the number zero. Is nothing sacred?

— Les Dawson

I have a particular affection for zero because it was some of my countrymen who first gave it the status of a number.

— Shakuntala Devi

Over the years, a number of very smart people have learned the hard way that a long string of impressive numbers multiplied by a…

— Warren Buffett

Learning about the discovery of the number zero, and its philosophical representation - nothingness - changed my orientation with transformational thinking.

— Bryan Johnson

In my father's language: "To create something out of nothing." That possibility exists in India even in old-world sectors like agriculture.

— Mukesh Ambani