03-15-2004, 10:22 PM
Very cool, Crispus. The comment about the Zero really concerns the calculation of events BC/BCE and converting those to a number line system. How many integers are there between 1 and -1? "How many years ago was the battle of Actium?" The usual mathmatical calculation will be wrong; Dionysius' first century had only 99 years. For a more lively and literate discussion of the consequences of Dennis's historically unavailable "zero," check out Stephen Jay Gould's "Questioning the Millennium" from which I have cribbed much.<br>
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