Hidden harmonies : (Record no. 1580)
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| fixed length control field | 02276pam a2200301 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 2010019959 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | DLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20181201161641.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 100527s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2010019959 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781596915220 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1596915226 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| -- | TnLvILS |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QA460.P8 |
| Item number | K37 2011 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 516.22 |
| Edition number | 22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kaplan, Robert, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1933- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Hidden harmonies : |
| Remainder of title | the lives and times of the Pythagorean theorem / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Robert Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st U.S. ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Bloomsbury Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii, 290 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-278] and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The mathematician as demigod -- Desert virtuosi -- Through the veil -- Rebuilding the cosmos -- Touching the bronze sky -- Exuberant life -- Number emerges from shape -- Living at the limit -- The deep point of the dream -- Magic casements -- Reaching through ... or past ... history? |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | A squared plus b squared equals c squared. It sounds simple, doesn't it? Yet this familiar expression is a gateway into the riotous garden of mathematics, and sends us on a journey of exploration in the company of two inspired guides, who trace the life of the Pythagorean theorem from ancient Babylon to the present, visiting along the way Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, President James Garfield, and the Freemasons--not to mention the elusive Pythagoras himself. Why does this theorem have more than two hundred proofs--or is it four thousand? And it has even more applications than proofs: Ancient Egyptians used it for surveying, and today astronomers call on it to measure the distance between stars. It works not just in two dimensions, but any number you like, up to infinity. And perhaps most intriguing of all, it opened the door to the world of irrational numbers.--From publisher description. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Pythagorean theorem. |
| Source of heading or term | Sears |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics |
| General subdivision | History. |
| Source of heading or term | Sears |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kaplan, Ellen, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1936- |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Contributor biographical information |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010019959-b.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010019959-b.html</a> |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Publisher description |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010019959-d.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010019959-d.html</a> |
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