Zero By Charles Seife, 3/5 Stars

First things first—Neither I am a mathematician, nor I particularly like the subject. I read it just because I felt fascinated by the scope of the book. So don’t be put off by the mathematics side of the book, it is not that loaded, and in case you do come across such a part, you can skip it or reread it depending upon your relation with maths.

An intriguing book which tracks the journey of Zero and presence of Zero in anything and everything—from infinity to civilizations to history to philosophy to quantum mechanics—how zero shaped these different fields.

You will read how a simple idea—a Zero—is at heart of almost everything and yet how our ancestors survived without it for many years. You will read how west saw it and how east saw it. What this innocuous digit tells us and what infinities it beholds in its lap.