Mysteries of vernacular: Zero - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel

[@mindatrest6838]

Not only zero the numbers we use today are also Indian origin.... Just look at ancient Sanskrit numerals you will know.... The Hindu numerals as they were called travelled to Arabia where they were adopted and subsequently travelled to Europe.....

[@Kassidar]

I would pay this guy would follow around me and narrate my life

[@Kumquat9701]

PLEASE make another Mysteries Of Vernacular series!

[@totesmagotes007]

There are inconceivable infinite positives and infinite negatives. Zero may be the absence of units, empty, and number that represents nothing but I perceive it as the singularity of existence, a point balanced between two realms.

[@meduzo]

Your response is respectful and still corrects my comment. I know that not many people will say this, but I'm grateful for the way you responded.

[@mrericsully]

You are correct, but this video series has been explaining the origins of English Language words, which the Mayans had no influence on.

[@Faiyer117]

Indian counts using stones on the sandy ground, when all stones are removed, a dent appear. Hence the form of Zero today. This is more interesting theory. :)

[@rajeshsharmajaipur]

Keng Fai wong :D

[@invictus50ssl]

I love these. Then again I just really enjoy learning.

[@dimensionless99]

Wow you really need to pick up a history book. Middle Eastern, Indian and Oriental cultures contributed a great deal to every field of science and philosophy, and have had tremendous influence on the West. Only after the Renaissance and the advent of modern science did Europe become the driving force in science and technology.

[@shoyuramenoff]

They should create a 'Mysteries of Vernacular' playlist.

[@tingsteph]

I’m watching this from it lol

[@MsDinoGal]

I love these! Keep them coming!

[@txvoltaire]

The Arabs traditionally made their long trips across the ocean or through deserts where the wheel wouldn't have been of much use. Also, whatever the Arabs may or may not have contributed, the fact is that they collected and preserved writings of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Indians and others. Without these writings, Europe would have had to start from scratch and learn 100's of years of science and wisdom by themselves. Coffee anyone?

[@Pappu-me8rt]

Indians preserved their own writings. Know before you comment.

[@TANSL2000]

This Teach Yourself Calculus Book is amazing

[@jmitterii2]

I think one of the most amazing things about 0 is if you try to divide by 0. It's empty but you don't know what is empty in the first place: is it a basket, crate, well, cup, bucket, circuit, etc. It's just empty from whatever was empty no matter what amount of unknown empties you put against this unknown empty.

[@JoeMaza]

I read somewhere that the word came into English via Venetò and not Tuscan.

[@giuxss]

Nice ending.

[@MXKAMAL]

q: if zero is no thing.... why when added to number make it ten times bigger??

[@jmitterii2]

Adding any number from 0 either positive or negative number, you have no comparison in terms of multiples to compare how many times bigger or smaller the change in the sum. You had 0, now you have 100/-100. That's not 100 times more/less than 0 as that would be 0. You just now have 100 or -100 and before you had neither.

[@narendrarudra3576]

india

[@INameIsGood]

are you saying that universe is empty ?

[@RobTake2]

You need to think of it differently: you didn't really add the zero at all. What you did was shift the 1 to the left to represent 10x1, then you put a zero in it's place to represent 0x1. 01 = 0x10 + 1x1 became 10 = 1x10 + 0x1 The decimal system we use is based on each digit in a number representing a multiple of a power of 10. Eg. 987 = 9x10^3 + 8x10^2 + 7x10^1 Meanwhile, it would be interesting to see how people counted without zero. A "place holder" system wouldn't work too well without it.

[@shivani4546]

Shunya

[@MrDavidMcNick]

1:10 If you use lowercase Z, even the Arabic kind of looks like 'ʒero'.

[@sofianensir]

In 976 CE the muslim encyclopedist Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi, in his "Keys of the Sciences", remarked that if, in a calculation, no number appears in the place of tens, then a little circle should be used "to keep the rows". This circle was called صفر (ṣifr, "empty") in Arabic language. That was the earliest mention of the name ṣifr that eventually became zero

[@Pappu-me8rt]

sofiane nsir nope, the earliest mention of zero is in the "Aryabhatiya", written in the 5th century AD.....

[@myme8208]

i am nameless to tell you the truth we should really study deeper to see what actually went down. Even though I always thought zero originated from Muslims turns out it was mentioned in India before but I still can't tell for sure what happened until I read more about both civilizations.

[@meduzo]

You forgot to mention the mayans, those guys also discovered the zero... in their own way, but they did!

[@MuhammadAdelAyoub]

PERFECT :)

[@tontweer]

:26 when the three creationists clicked unlike on the this video. Don't you know the earth is only 6000 years old! Lulz

[@woodfur00]

Absolute zero is a temperature. It has nothing to do with the evolution of the word or the concept of zero.

[@robobrain10000]

I wonder. What happens to the book used in every video? Does it mean that they destroy one book for every video?

[@AidestheKiwi]

O_O there's a terrifying thought.

[@NationMachine]

i know that book O:!

[@65fhd4d6h5]

In spanish, cifra.

[@sagniksarkar1503]

If India would have charged 1 rupee for the use of zero from every country . We would have been the richest

[@iamzerofficial]

That's one version ...

[@cmd2tuts]

That's not entirely true though. The word "Shark" is of Mayan origin.

[@jooisgod]

Based on a Egyptian humanoid robot

[@umbrellastand9]

mxmx1990, if you had listened to your teacher a long time ago, you would know. The number 5, is 5 'units'; the number 25 is 2 'tens' and 5 'units'; the number 325 is 3 'hundreds' 2 'tens' and 5 'units', and so on, the number 350 is 3 'hundreds', 5 'tens' and 0 (zero) 'units'. Simple.

[@errolcalme22]

the absolute zero?

[@Tupster]

Books aren't that special. They told you not to write in books in school because you had to save them for future students, but you shouldn't be afraid to do what you want with your own books, like writing in the margins and highlighting

[@KenniIsBored]

But what about the Mayans?

[@GeekJokes]

Too short

[@EtherealDoomed]

@mxmx1990 Bad trolling. Try again with something actually clever.

[@MXKAMAL]

Arabic

[@maddogg6]

I'd say 'those were the days' but I know that's not right either... sigh. See what religious fundamentalism can do to a society? pity.

[@maddogg6]

At one time Bagdad was THE place for intellectuals - so at least there was a place that was quite enlightened, relative to the rest of the world anyway - enlightened is always relative - the 'age of enlightenment' is of course a relative statement. While I agree religion teaches lazy thought process - the fundamentalism is what creates the bullies that drive out the intellectuals/intellectualism. Look at Europe and the catholic church - the protestant movement kept the fundamentalism at bay.

[@akankshayadav6542]

How many people are here who loves to visit India once in there life

[@amgadsh]

صفر :)

[@tuquanghuy1996]

the poor books though

[@BionicKing]

As did the Indians, but that's not the point.

[@ahmadranah]

kurang berbobot sih ya, harusnya dijelasin lebih detail.

[@richardhall6762]

It's politically vogue to attribute knowledge to Arab cultures. In fact Islamic culture is the most backward and benighted culture on earth. The only reason medieval scholars occasionally had Arabic names was the names were assumed to avoid "dhimmitude". There were very few actual Muslims who ever contributed anything to our great Western Civilization. I'm really tired of hearing how Islam was so great when they didn't even have the wheel for centuries!

[@SubstratumMaxima]

lol when civilized west was burning books due to intense religious bigotry and all schools of philosophy and mathematics was shut down in Europe,Islamic civilization in it's initial phases sheltered such scholars and translated books from not only India but china,korea etc and build great libraries at Baghadad,toledo. They did not just translate it but made their own contributions and rewrote the text creatively compare it with extreme literal translations of church made in toledo! You could always argue that it was persians who contributed things in islamic science as they have long tradition of scholarship going back to pre islamic pagan civilization but you have to admit that in its initial stage,Islamic culture was far far more science friendly than west

[@esraa_fathy]

The inventors of "zero" were the Arabians.

[@prathimajayaraman94]

nope..Indians ..Aryabhatta

[@mindatrest6838]

Esraa Fathy no

[@Pappu-me8rt]

Aryabhatta invented zero, not Arabs

[@myme8208]

Prathima Jayaraman maybe she ment the word. As an Arab I just knew zero came from Indians but ever since I was young my mom was teaching me the arabic numbers and said it's actually Indian numbers arabs just maybe flipped them so it's easier to right but we know it's Indian. India has a long history arabs by the way it seemed like the attraction of the world before. Since arabs were into business selling and buying the went to India for fabric and to China too. That why there are some Chinese Muslims they say. India was a rich country before the Britons we do know that. And we know that Indians are smart I hope one day India flarwrishs again it's still a very beautiful place 🙏. Arabs and Indians especially Muslims and Indians should never have hate between us. I truly respect India and it's history.

[@trendingnow-i6l]

No one cares who invented it really matters one can understand the essence of nothing i mean zero

[@nassir480]

Arabic