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sky302684070 |
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SKY |
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20220728162250.0 |
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201209s2021 nyuab b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2020054440 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593299736 (export edtion) |
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1984879057 |
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9780593299739 (export edtion) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781984879059 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
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SKYRV |
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MiTN |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QA446 |
| Item number |
.E454 2021 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ellenberg, Jordan, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1971- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Shape : |
| Remainder of title |
the hidden geometry of information, biology, strategy, democracy, and everything else / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Jordan Ellenberg. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Penguin Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2021] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
463 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, maps ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Where things are and what they look like -- "I vote for Euclid" -- How many holes does a straw have? -- Giving the same name to different things -- A fragment of the sphinx -- "His style was invincibility" -- The mysterious power of trial and error -- Artificial Intelligence as mountaineering -- You are your own negative-first cousin, and other maps -- Three years of Sundays -- What happened today will happen tomorrow -- The terrible law of increase -- The smoke in the leaf -- A rumple in space -- How math broke democracy (and might still save it) -- I prove a theorem and the house expands. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"Shape reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. Geometry asks: Where are things? Which things are near each other? How can you get from one thing to another thing? Those are important questions. Geometry doesn't just measure the world-it explains it. Shape shows us how"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Geometry. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Shapes. |