Numbers and the World: (Record no. 23059)
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| fixed length control field | 01308nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250711183948.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781470470517 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 510.1 |
| Item number | MUM |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mumford, David |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Numbers and the World: |
| Remainder of title | Essays on math and beyond/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | David Mumford |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Providence, Rhode Island: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | American Mathematical Society, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2023. |
| 300 ## - Physical Description | |
| Pages: | xvi,241p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | This book is a collection of essays written by a distinguished mathematician with a very long and successful career as a researcher and educator working in many areas of pure and applied mathematics. The author writes about everything he found exciting about math, its history, and its connections with art, and about how to explain it when so many smart people (and children) are turned off by it. The three longest essays touch upon the foundations of mathematics, upon quantum mechanics and Schrodinger's cat phenomena, and upon whether robots will ever have consciousness. Each of these essays includes some unpublished material. The author also touches upon his involvement with and feelings about issues in the larger world. The author's main goal when preparing the book was to convey how much he loves math and its sister fields. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| 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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date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 | Full call number | Accession No. | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Available | TIFR CAM Library | TIFR CAM Library | GENERAL | 29/02/2024 | 510.1 MUM | M12239 | 29/04/2024 | 01/03/2024 | Books |