{"id":1790,"date":"2025-05-02T05:51:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T12:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1790"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:52:39","slug":"zero-the-number-that-almost-wasnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/zero-the-number-that-almost-wasnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn’t"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn’t<\/em>
\nby Sarah Albee (Author) and Chris Hsu (Illustrator)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> How did math work before zero existed? This nonfiction book unpacks a fascinating history of a number we can’t imagine our current world without.<\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2025 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn’t by Sarah Albee (Author) and Chris Hsu (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: How did math work before zero existed? This nonfiction book unpacks a fascinating history of a number we can’t imagine our current world without. Snippet: It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Copyright … <\/p>\n

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