100 essential things you didn't know you didn't know : (Record no. 1551)
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| control field | ocn449866646 |
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| control field | OCoLC |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid LC control number | 2008055910 |
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| Original cataloging agency | BTCTA |
| Transcribing agency | BTCTA |
| Modifying agency | YDXCP |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780393338676 (pbk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0393338673 (pbk.) |
| 029 1# - (OCLC) | |
| OCLC library identifier | QBX |
| System control number | qbi10001630 |
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| OCLC library identifier | NZ1 |
| System control number | 13397269 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)449866646 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QA99 |
| Item number | .B188 2010 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 510 |
| Edition number | 22 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | IG$A |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Barrow, John D., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1952- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | 100 essential things you didn't know you didn't know : |
| Remainder of title | math explains your world / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | John D. Barrow. |
| 246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | One hundred essential things you didn't know you didn't know |
| 246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Hundred essential things you didn't know you didn't know |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Essential things you didn't know you didn't know |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Math explains your world |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st Norton pbk. [ed.]. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | W.W. Norton & Co., |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 284 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 21 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Two's company, three's a crowd -- It's a small world after all -- Monkey business -- Independence day -- Rugby and relativity -- Wagons roll -- A sense of proportion -- Why does the other queue always move faster? -- Pylon of the month -- A sense of balance -- Bridging that gap -- On the cards -- Tally ho -- Relationships -- Racing certainties -- High jumping -- Superficiality -- VAT in eternity -- Living in a simulation -- Emergence -- How to push a car -- Positive feedback -- The drunkard's walk -- Faking it -- The flaw of averages -- The origami of the universe -- Easy and hard problems -- Is this a record? -- |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | A do-it-yourself lottery -- I do not believe it! -- Flash fires -- The secretary problem -- Fair divorce settlements: the win-win solution -- Many happy returns -- Tilting at windmills -- Verbal conjuring -- Financial investment with time travellers -- A thought for your pennies -- Breaking the law of averages -- How long are things likely to survive? - A president who preferred the triangle to the pentagon -- Secret codes in your pocket -- I've got a terrible memory for names -- Calculus makes you live longer -- Getting in a flap -- Your number's up -- Double your money -- Some reflections on faces -- The most infamous mathematician -- Roller coasters and motorway junctions -- A taylor-made explosion -- Walk please, don't run! -- Mind-reading tricks -- The planet of the deceivers -- How to win the lottery -- A truly weird football match -- An arch problem -- Counting in eights -- |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Getting a mandate -- The two-headed league -- Creating something out of nothing -- How to rig an election -- The swing of the pendulum -- A bike with square wheels -- How many guards does an art gallery need? -- . . . and what about a prison? -- A snooker trick shot -- Brothers and sisters -- Playing fair with a biased coin -- The wonders of tautology -- What a racket -- Packing your stuff -- Sent packing again -- Crouching tiger -- How the leopard got his spots -- The madness of crowds -- Diamond geezer -- The three laws of robotics -- Thinking outside the box -- Googling in the Caribbean; the power of the matrix -- Loss aversion -- The lead in your pencil -- Testing spaghetti to destruction -- The gherkin -- Being mean with the price index -- Omniscience can be a liability -- Why people aren't cleverer -- The man from underground -- There are no uninteresting numbers -- Incognito -- The ice skating paradox -- The rule of two -- Segregation and micromotives -- Not going with the flow -- Venn vill they ever learn -- Some benefits of irrationality -- Strange formulae -- Chaos -- All aboard -- The global village. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics. |
| Source of heading or term | Sears |
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