The Mind Creative MAY 2015 | Page 19

There are many other aberrations. Space limitations do not permit me to elaborate on them all. But I have to mention Absolute zero! What balderdash! Zero IS absolute, my physicist friend! You don’t say ‘sweet sugar’, do you? To conclude. Ideally, I should have dealt with the origin of the concept of zero. But I did not want to aggravate the people of Mesopotamia (parts of present day Turkey, Iran, Kuwait and Iran) India and the Mayans (if there are still any left) who all claim to have invented the concept of zero at some time or the other in ancient history.) ILLUSTRATION AND REFERENCES: AVIJIT SARKAR http://funny-picks.com/funny-demotivational/divided-by-zero-funny-pics/ http://www.tennisplanet.me/ http://www.andykidd.org/zero-balancing/ 19