Once upon a number : (Record no. 4761)
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001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
control field | 4981467 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
control field | OSt |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
control field | 20240124160322.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
fixed length control field | 980806s1998 nyu g b 001 0 eng |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
LC control number | 98039252 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 0465051588 (hc) |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Transcribing agency | NCL |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 519.5 |
Edition number | 21 |
Item number | PAU-O 1998 6626 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Paulos, John Allen. |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Once upon a number : |
Remainder of title | the hidden mathematical logic of stories / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | by John Allen Paulos. |
Linkage | 880 |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York, NY : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Basic Books, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c1998. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 214 p. ; |
Dimensions | 22 cm. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-205) and index. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | Once Upon a Number shows that stories and numbers aren’t as different as you might imagine, and in fact, they have surprising and fascinating connections. The concepts of logic and probability both grew out of intuitive ideas about how certain situations would play out. Now, logicians are inventing ways to deal with real-world situations by mathematical means by acknowledging, for instance, that mathematically interchangeable items may not be interchangeable in a story. Complexity theory looks at both number strings and narrative strings in remarkably similar terms. Throughout, renowned author John Paulos mixes numbers and narratives in his own delightful style. This is another winner from America’s favorite mathematician. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematical statistics. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Logic, Symbolic and mathematical. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
Koha item type | Books |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Namal Library | Namal Library | Mathematics | 04/10/2014 | M.Nayeem Aka Nomi (USA) | 519.5 PAU-O 1998 6626 | 0006626 | 04/10/2014 | 04/10/2014 | Books |