Once upon a number : (Record no. 4761)

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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)
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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.
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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