Beyond infinity : an expedition to the outer limits of mathematics (Record no. 49284)
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| fixed length control field | 01095 a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781541644137 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 511 |
| Item number | CHE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cheng, Eugenia |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Beyond infinity : an expedition to the outer limits of mathematics |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Basic Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x,281,ip. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>Prologue ix<br/>Part one The Journey<br/>1 What Is Infinity? 3<br/>2 Playing with Infinity 12<br/>3 What Infinity Is Not 28<br/>4 Infinity Slips Away from Us Again 39<br/>5 Counting Up to Infinity 55<br/>6 Some Things Are More Infinite than Others 78<br/>7 Counting Beyond Infinity 94<br/>8 Comparing Infinities 108<br/>9 What Infinity Is 124<br/>Part two The Sights<br/>10 Where Is Infinity?141<br/>11Things That Are Nearly Infinity 147<br/>12 Infinite Dimensions 159<br/>13 Infinite-Dimensional Categories 179<br/>14 The Infinitesimally Small 197<br/>15 When Infinity Nearly Caused Mathematics to Fall Apart (and Maybe Also Your Brain) 211<br/>16 Weirdness 246<br/>17 Where Infinity Is 271<br/>Acknowledgments 279<br/>Index 281 |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 60234 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | USA |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | General |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Withdrawn status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 20/08/2018 | amazon.in | 857.00 | 2 | 511 CHE | 019349 | 16/08/2022 | 08/08/2022 | 857.00 | 04/05/2018 | Book |