Truly Interesting Animation Breaks Down The Story Behind Zero And Why It’s So Important

Truly Interesting Animation Breaks Down The Story Behind Zero And Why It’s So Important

Video: The story of the history of maths and how zero came to be is actually quite fascinating! They should have taught us that instead of actual maths in high school, if you ask me. Thankfully, Hannah Fry tells us in the animation below all we need to know. There’s fascinating bits about how the number system (and zero) was resisted by the Romans, and why it’s very important to calculus and things like the binary system.


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