To: alloysteel
Zero came from the Mayans
6 posted on
12/17/2004 9:51:15 AM PST by
2wrongs
To: 2wrongs
Nope,the value of zero was first concieved in Ancient India.From there it went to Greece & unfortunately,by the 6th century wound up in the hands of the Slammics.Now it's called Arabic numerals.
To: 2wrongs
Vedic Civilisation existed before the Mayans, and India is where the concept of zero originated. Ask any Mathematics department. Interestingly enough, I maintain two websites, one on Vedic philosophy and the other on Maya Glyphs!
10 posted on
12/17/2004 9:55:06 AM PST by
BullDog108
(Islamists are Insane! http://bvml.org/webmaster/islam.html)
To: 2wrongs; alloysteel; RegT; BullDog108; Centurion2000; Cicero
Be sure to check out this history of the last thousand years of
Science.
13 posted on
12/17/2004 9:58:10 AM PST by
bondserv
(Alignment is critical! † [Check out my profile page])
To: 2wrongs
Zero came from the MayansQuite a trick, since the zero was used by the rest of the scientific world for almost a milenium before anyone else knew that Mayans existed.
But thank you for playing.
23 posted on
12/17/2004 10:18:38 AM PST by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.)
To: 2wrongs
Both had it independent of one another.
42 posted on
12/17/2004 11:12:31 AM PST by
jcb8199
To: 2wrongs
Zero came from the Mayans Zero Mostel?
49 posted on
12/17/2004 12:39:34 PM PST by
Dataman
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