Making up Numbers : (Record no. 6190)
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control field | on1204140285 |
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control field | 20220517104451.0 |
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fixed length control field | 201028s2020 enka ob 001 0 eng |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
LC control number | 2019394523 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Original cataloging agency | DLC |
Language of cataloging | eng |
Description conventions | rda |
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Transcribing agency | DLC |
Modifying agency | EBLCP |
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015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER | |
National bibliography number | GBC0J0994 |
Source | bnb |
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Record control number | 019993286 |
Source | Uk |
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 1800640978 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9781800640979 |
Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781800640962 |
Qualifying information | (hbk.) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781800640955 |
Qualifying information | (pbk.) |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
System control number | 2660315 |
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System control number | (OCoLC)1204140285 |
Canceled/invalid control number | (OCoLC)1202302552 |
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
Authentication code | pcc |
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
Classification number | QA21 |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 510.9 |
Edition number | 23 |
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
Holding library | MAIN |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Kopp, P. E., |
Dates associated with a name | 1944- |
Relator term | author. |
9 (RLIN) | 35670 |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Making up Numbers : |
Remainder of title | a history of invention in mathematics / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Ekkehard Kopp. |
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Cambridge, UK : |
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | OpenBook Publishers, |
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2020. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 1 online resource (ix, 267 pages) : |
Other physical details | illustrations (some color) |
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
Content type term | text |
Content type code | txt |
Source | rdacontent |
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
Media type term | computer |
Media type code | c |
Source | rdamedia |
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
Carrier type term | online resource |
Carrier type code | cr |
Source | rdacarrier |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index. |
588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
Source of description note | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Open Book Publishers website; viewed on 2020-10-28). |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | Making up Numbers: A History of Invention in Mathematics offers a detailed but accessible account of a wide range of mathematical ideas. Starting with elementary concepts, it leads the reader towards aspects of current mathematical research. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Intro -- Preface -- Prologue: Naming Numbers -- 1. Naming large numbers -- 2. Very large numbers -- 3. Archimedes' Sand-Reckoner -- 4. A long history -- Chapter 1. Arithmetic in Antiquity -- Summary -- 1. Babylon: sexagesimals, quadratic equations -- 2. Pythagoras: all is number -- 3. Incommensurables -- 4. Diophantus of Alexandria -- Chapter 2. Writing and Solving Equations -- Summary -- 1. The Hindu-Arabic number system -- 2. Reception in mediaeval Europe -- 3. Solving equations: cubics and beyond -- Chapter 3. Construction and Calculation -- Summary -- 1. Constructions in Greek geometry |
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | 2. `Famous problems' of antiquity -- 3. Decimals and logarithms -- Chapter 4. Coordinates and Complex Numbers -- Summary -- 1. Descartes' analytic geometry -- 2. Paving the way -- 3. Imaginary roots and complex numbers -- 4. The fundamental theorem of algebra -- Chapter 5. Struggles with the Infinite -- Summary -- 1. Zeno and Aristotle -- 2. Archimedes' `Method' -- 3. Infinitesimals in the calculus -- 4. Critique of the calculus -- Chapter 6. From Calculus to Analysis -- Summary -- 1. D'Alembert and Lagrange -- 2. Cauchy's `Cours d'Analyse' -- 3. Continuous functions -- 4. Derivative and integral |
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Chapter 7. Number Systems -- Summary -- 1. Sets of numbers -- 2. Natural numbers -- 3. Integers and rationals -- 4. Dedekind cuts -- 5. Cantor's construction of the reals -- 6. Decimal expansions -- 7. Algebraic and constructible numbers -- 8. Transcendental numbers -- Chapter 8. Axioms for number systems -- Summary -- 1. The axiomatic method -- 2. The Peano axioms -- 3. Axioms for the real number system -- 4. Appendix: arithmetic and order in C -- Chapter 9. Counting beyond the finite -- Summary -- 1. Cantor's continuum -- 2. Cantor's transfinite numbers -- 3. Comparison of cardinals |
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Chapter 10. Solid Foundations? -- Summary -- 1. Avoiding paradoxes: the ZF axioms -- 2. The axiom of choice -- 3. Tribal conflict -- 4. Gödel's incompleteness theorems -- 5. A logician's revenge? -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Index -- Blank Page -- Blank Page |
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
Local note | Added to collection customer.56279.3 |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Mathematics |
General subdivision | History. |
9 (RLIN) | 17356 |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Inventions |
General subdivision | Mathematical models. |
9 (RLIN) | 35671 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Mathematics. |
Source of heading or term | fast |
Authority record control number or standard number | (OCoLC)fst01012163 |
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
Genre/form data or focus term | History. |
Source of term | fast |
Authority record control number or standard number | (OCoLC)fst01411628 |
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Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Open Book Publishers, |
Relator term | Publisher. |
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
Relationship information | Print version: |
International Standard Book Number | 9781800640962 |
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
Relationship information | Print version: |
International Standard Book Number | 9781800640955 |
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
Materials specified | EBSCOhost |
Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2660315">https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2660315</a> |
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Koha item type | E-books |
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