Great feuds in mathematics : (Record no. 9491)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20230303114530.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 051107s2006 nju b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2005031916 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0471648779 (cloth : acidfree paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | NUL |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 510 |
| Edition number | 22 |
| Item number | HIL-G 2006 13097 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hellman, Hal, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1927- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Great feuds in mathematics : |
| Remainder of title | ten of the liveliest disputes ever / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Hal Hellman. |
| Linkage | 880 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Hoboken, N.J. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | John Wiley, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | vi, 250 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Tartaglia versus Cardano. Solving cubic equations -- Descartes versus Fermat. Analytic geometry and optics -- Newton versus Leibniz. Credit for the calculus -- Bernoulli versus Bernoulli. Sibling rivalry of the highest order -- Sylvester versus Huxley. Ivory tower or real world? -- Kronecker versus Cantor. Mathematical insanity -- Borel versus Zermelo. The "notorious axiom" -- Poincar versus Russell. The logical foundations of mathematics -- Hilbert versus Brouwer. Formalism versus intuitionism -- Absolutists/platonists versus fallibilists/constructionists. Are mathematical advances discoveries or inventions? |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics. |
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| 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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date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 | 03/03/2023 | Donated by Saud Khawaja . | 510 HIL-G 2006 13097 | 0013097 | 03/03/2023 | 03/03/2023 | Books |