I'm a HS Math teacher myself and I once read a book called 'A History Of Zero'. It was pretty fascinating. It didn't deal with a lot of higher math, but had some really interesting stuff about the number which is zero. Check it out here:
http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-that-Natural-History-Zero/dp/0195142373
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I'm a HS Math teacher myself and I once read a book called 'A History Of Zero'. It was pretty fascinating. It didn't deal with a lot of higher math, but had some really interesting stuff about the number which is zero. Check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-that-Natural-History-Zero/dp/0195142373