Why not 34 gives false ?

Question

When I write not 34 in IDLE it gives False, Why?

Answer 1

The boolean value of any number different than 0 is True, so bool(34) returns True.
So not 34 is same as not True is same as False

Answer 2

Aymane Boukrouh Nice explanation. 👍

Answer 3

Rik Wittkopp thanks!