So you thought you knew everything; well the answer may pop up to "just about" because you are “educated” and are well armed with all the scientific knowledge of the western world. That doesn’t not mean you know everything - in fact you know “0”. Most people will be quiet offended by this remark but solemnly do you really know zero. I am sure most of you know more than zero and less than zero but not the story of zero itself.
In this ever dynamic world who cares a damn about this sweet little zero, but imagine if this is taken out of our lives all the scientific developments will come to a chaotic end and your four to eight figure salary will be a single digit trauma, NASA will have to cancel trips to mars and moon, our modern mathematics will be equally shaken and will find new abrupt faces to explain its complex theorems, in short the entire world will be a bear’s garden in the absence of this single numeral called ‘Zero’ and written as ‘0’.
By now people must have understood the impact of zero in our lives but still they are zero as most of them don’t even know who discovered zero, unfortunately for many Indians and western big shots the answer will be scanned among great scientist like Einstein, Galileo or perhaps Newton .These literates are too inspired by the awe of the western world and have forgotten that science and mathematics did existed even in the most ancient cultures and countries be it in Egypt, China or India.
Zero was not the brainchild of western world but the product of an Indian mathematician called Brahmagupta in 598 AD. Brahmagupta was born in Gujarat in the city of Bhinmal which is presently in North West Rajasthan. Brahmagupta was the head of the department of mathematics and Astronomy at the university set up by another great Vedic Indian mathematician Aryabhata at the city of Ujjain which was at that time a great center for learning Science literature Sanskrit and the art of prediction called astronomy.
In chapter 18 of his famous book called Brahmasphutasiddhanta (Corrected Treatise of Brahma) Brahmagupta describes about Zero as one of the numerals which stood for meaning nothing .He also elaborates as to how integers positive and negative consequence when played with zero.
Brahmagupta's work
Brahmagupta taught us basic mathematics
Brahmagupta describes about Zero as one of the numerals which stood for meaning nothing. He also elaborates as to how integers positive and negative consequence when played with zero.
A general view of Brahmagupta’s enormous work
A brief review of his genuine intelligent work will prove why he is called the mentor of numbers and astronomy.
The gravitational pull of Brahmagupta and Newton
The decision should be left on the people and the world to be decided, which gravitational pull is attracting them more Newton or Brahamagupta’s.
Significance of Brahmagupta discoveries in modern world
If someone questions about the significance of Brahamgupta’s work it will be like questioning the existence of man itself.
Cultural and time travel of Brahmagupta and his concepts
His simple formulae about the cyclic quadrilateral in a circle have become more complex and easier with the help of computers who bargain the millions of calculations in a wink of an eye.
Brahmagupta taught us basic mathematics
Brahmagupta describes about Zero as one of the numerals which stood for meaning nothing. He also elaborates as to how integers positive and negative consequence when played with zero.
A general view of Brahmagupta’s enormous work
A brief review of his genuine intelligent work will prove why he is called the mentor of numbers and astronomy.
The gravitational pull of Brahmagupta and Newton
The decision should be left on the people and the world to be decided, which gravitational pull is attracting them more Newton or Brahamagupta’s.
Significance of Brahmagupta discoveries in modern world
If someone questions about the significance of Brahamgupta’s work it will be like questioning the existence of man itself.
Cultural and time travel of Brahmagupta and his concepts
His simple formulae about the cyclic quadrilateral in a circle have become more complex and easier with the help of computers who bargain the millions of calculations in a wink of an eye.
Brahmagupta invented the ZERO “0”
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