Hinduism Quote by 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

There has been no more revolutionary contribution than the one which the Hindus (Indians) made when they invented ZERO.

— Lancelot Hogben

“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

“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

“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

Why would anyone want to be called a size zero or even aspire to being a zero? I don't even understand the thinking behind…

— Dawn French

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

A zero itself is nothing, but without a zero you cannot count anything; therefore, a zero is something, yet zero.

— Dalai Lama

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

— Paul McCartney

“The ancient Greeks thought there was no need to count something that was nothing. And since it was nothing, they held that it was…

— Yōko Ogawa

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