# Much ado about zero

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Robin Wilson
- Year: 2004
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/much-ado-about-zero)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The concept of zero developed in many cultures over thousands of years. Why did such a 'natural' idea take so long? This lecture illustrated the wide-ranging mathematical achievements of China, India and Central America over a thousand-year period - some not to be rediscovered in Europe for a further thousand years - before returning to the elusive origins of zero.

## Lectures

1. [Much ado about zero](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/much-ado-about-zero/ac7cd7206546) (YouTube)