Was zero invented or discovered? When and how? By whom? In "The Origin of Zero" -- an article published in 2009 in in Scientific American -- John Matson introduces an interesting history of zero (something vs. nothing and so on...). Recently through the Splendid Wake poetry project (with an open-to-all meeting on Friday March 21 -- go here for details) I have connected with Washington DC poet William Rivera who has shared with me this poem that also examines the puzzle of the somethingness of nothing.
Nothing Changes Everything by William Rivera
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Sunday, March 16, 2014
Making something of nothing
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