Discover how the concepts of zero and infinity revolutionized mathematics. Zero and infinity. These seemingly opposite, obvious, and indispensable concepts are relatively recent human inventions.

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Discover how the concepts of zero and infinity revolutionized mathematics. Zero and infinity. These seemingly opposite, obvious, and indispensable concepts are relatively recent human inventions.

Are you one of those people that are fascinated by the number 8? You may have it on a necklace turned sideways representing the infinity symbol, or have it tattooed on your body as a proclamation of ...