The Years of Zero-Coming of Age Under the Khmer Rouge is a survivor's account of the Cambodian genocide carried out by Pol Pot's sadistic and terrifying Khmer R

In the hilarious tradition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," Reid goes on a headlong journey through the outer reaches of the universe--and the inner w

A marvelous global history of the pivotal year 1945 as a new world emerged from the ruins of World War II Year Zero is a landmark reckoning with the great drama

Looks at counting systems and the history of the number zero.

The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quant