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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781408809594 (pbk) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1408809591 (pbk) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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(OCoLC)748846081 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
QPPL |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Modifying agency |
ANL |
| Transcribing agency |
KH8 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
510 BEL |
| Edition number |
22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Bellos, Alex, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1969- |
| Relator term |
author |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Alex's adventures in numberland : |
| Remainder of title |
Dispatches from the wonderful world of mathematics / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Alex Bellos ; illustrations by Andy Riley. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
Paperback ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Bloomsbury, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2011, 2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
448 p., [16] p. of plates : |
| Other physical details |
ill. (some col.), ports. ; |
| Dimensions |
20 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published: 2010. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks. Covering subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics, and from logarithms to logical paradoxes, this title explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives. It also explains the strategy of how best to gamble in a casino.; In this richly entertaining and accessible book, Alex Bellos explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks. Covering subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics, and from logarithms to logical paradoxes, he explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives. Alex explains the surprising geometry of the 50p piece, and the strategy of how best to gamble it in a casino. He shines a light on the mathematical patterns in nature, and on the peculiar predictability of random behavior. He eats a potato crisp whose revolutionary shape was unpalatable to the ancient Greeks, and he shows the deep connections between maths, religion and philosophy. Alex weaves a journey from primary school to university level maths, from ancient history to the computing frontline, and from St Louis, Missouri, to Braintree, Essex. He meets the world's fastest mental calculators in Germany, consults a numerologist in the US desert, meets a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan, and seeks advice from a venerable Hindu sage in India. An unlikely but exhilarating cocktail of history, reportage and mathematical proofs, Alex's dispatches from 'Numberland' show the world of maths to be a much friendlier and more colourful place than you might have imagined. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mathematics |
| Form subdivision |
Popular works. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Algebra. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Set theory. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Arithmetic. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Riley, Andy. |
| Relator term |
Illustrator |
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Books - Non Ficton |
