Robert Kaplan Image source: BBC Robert Kaplan is an American mathematician who wrote The Nothing that Is: A Natural History of Zero. Quotes by Robert Kaplan in Time OneOur own era's physical theories about the big bang cannot quite reach back to an ultimate beginning from nothing …. More about Robert Kaplan Oxford University Press Is Chance Possible? Interview themathcircle.org The nothing that is: A natural history of zero Robert and Ellen Kaplan – Hidden Harmonies: The Lives and Times of the Pythagorean Theorem Pyotr Kapitsa Manoj Kaplinghat