Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn't
Published on 11. March 2025
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-1-62354-432-4 (ISBN)
Description
How did math work before zero existed? A STEM nonfiction book that unpacks a fascinating history of a number we can’t imagine our current world without.
From place value to being created and destroyed before being created again, zero has had quite a journey. Respected children’s author and consummate researcher Sarah Albee lays out the history of zero alongside the complications that initially hampered its development, including Western imperialism.
A riveting nonfiction kids book with a playful feel, Zero! unravels a complicated history in tremendous detail.
From place value to being created and destroyed before being created again, zero has had quite a journey. Respected children’s author and consummate researcher Sarah Albee lays out the history of zero alongside the complications that initially hampered its development, including Western imperialism.
A riveting nonfiction kids book with a playful feel, Zero! unravels a complicated history in tremendous detail.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Second Grade to Fifth Grade, Interest Age: From 7 to 10 years
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
416 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62354-432-4 (9781623544324)
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Sarah Albee
Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn't
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03/2025
Charlesbridge
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Persons
Sarah Albee is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 100 books for kids, including Troublemakers in Trousers and Accidental Archaeologists: True Stories of Unexpected Discoveries. Prior to being a full-time writer, Sarah worked at Children’s Television Workshop (producers of Sesame Street) for nine years. She played basketball in college, and then a year of semiprofessional women’s basketball in Cairo, Egypt. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Born in Taipei, Taiwan and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Chris Hsu is incessantly inquisitive about and heavily influenced by history, art history, science, classical music, psychology, and sports. In addition to book illustration he is an animation background artist, having worked on animated series such as Archer and Hit-Monkey. He is based in the Southeast with his wife and two daughters. He is the illustrator of I Am Someone Else, The Boo-Boos That Changed the World, and Madame Speaker.
Born in Taipei, Taiwan and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Chris Hsu is incessantly inquisitive about and heavily influenced by history, art history, science, classical music, psychology, and sports. In addition to book illustration he is an animation background artist, having worked on animated series such as Archer and Hit-Monkey. He is based in the Southeast with his wife and two daughters. He is the illustrator of I Am Someone Else, The Boo-Boos That Changed the World, and Madame Speaker.