X marks the spot : (Record no. 130297)
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| fixed length control field | 03756cam a22005298i 4500 |
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| control field | 9780429197758 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | FlBoTFG |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20220509193123.0 |
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| fixed length control field | 200905s2021 flu ob 001 0 eng |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | OCoLC-P |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | OCoLC-P |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780429197758 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0429197756 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780429588624 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0429588623 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780429590566 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0429590563 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780429586682 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 042958668X |
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| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9780367187064 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9780367187040 |
| -- | (paperback) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)1198987960 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC-P)1198987960 |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QA21 |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | MAT |
| Subject category code subdivision | 025000 |
| Source | bisacsh |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | MAT |
| Subject category code subdivision | 004000 |
| Source | bisacsh |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | PB |
| Source | bicssc |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 510.9 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Garfinkle, David, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1958- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | X marks the spot : |
| Remainder of title | the lost inheritance of mathematics / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | David Garfinkle, Richard Garfinkle. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 264 #1 - | |
| -- | Boca Raton : |
| -- | AK Peters/CRC Press, |
| -- | 2021. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource |
| 336 ## - | |
| -- | text |
| -- | txt |
| -- | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - | |
| -- | computer |
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| -- | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - | |
| -- | online resource |
| -- | nc |
| -- | rdacarrier |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Why this book? -- Sticks and stones -- Abstraction, mistrust, and laziness -- Algebra, geometry, analysis : the mathematical mindsets -- Analytic geometry -- Calculus : motion and size -- The language of motion -- Sound, notes, and harmonics -- Probability and statistics -- Other geometries : not so straight, these sticks -- Algebra and the rise of abstraction -- The smith and the knight -- Building the theoretical universe -- Computers -- The theoretical universe of modern physics : toolkit included -- Math education & math in education. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "X Marks the Spot is written from the point of view of the users of mathematics. Since the beginning, mathematical concepts and techniques (such as arithmetic and geometry) were created as tools with a particular purpose like counting sheep and measuring land areas. Understanding those purposes leads to a greater understanding of why mathematics developed as it did. Later mathematical concepts came from a process of abstracting and generalizing earlier mathematics. This process of abstraction is very powerful, but often comes at the price of intuition and understanding. This book strives to give a guided tour of the development of various branches of mathematics (and what they're used for) that will give the reader this intuitive understanding. Features: Treats mathematical techniques as tools, and areas of mathematics as the result of abstracting and generalizing earlier mathematical tools; Written in a relaxed conversational and occasionally humorous style making it easy to follow even when discussing esoterica; Unravels how mathematicians think, demystifying math and connecting it to the ways non-mathematicians think and connecting math to people's lives; Discusses how math education can be improved in order to prevent future generations from being turned off by math"-- |
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| 588 ## - | |
| -- | OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics |
| General subdivision | Study and teaching. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | MATHEMATICS / Recreations & Games |
| Source of heading or term | bisacsh |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | MATHEMATICS / Arithmetic |
| Source of heading or term | bisacsh |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Garfinkle, Richard, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Taylor & Francis |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429197758 |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | OCLC metadata license agreement |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf |
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