Shape: The hidden geometry of absolutely everything / (Record no. 2875)
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| fixed length control field | 01595 a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780241510452 (pbk.) |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 516 ELL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Ellenberg, Jordan |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Shape: The hidden geometry of absolutely everything / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Jordan Ellenberg |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Penguin, |
| Year of publication | c2021. |
| Place of publication | UK: |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 463p. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes Index (445-463). |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | How should a democracy choose its representatives? How can you stop a pandemic from sweeping the world? How do computers learn to play chess? Can ancient Greek proportions predict the stock market? (Sorry, no.) What should your kids learn in school if they really want to learn to think? The answers to all these questions can be found in geometry.<br/><br/>If you're like most people, geometry is a dimly-remembered exercise, handed down from the ancients, that you gladly left behind in school. It seemed to be a tortuous way of proving some fact about triangles that was obvious to you in the first place. That's not geometry. OK, it is geometry, but only a tiny part, that has as much to do with the modern, fast-moving discipline as conjugating a verb has to do with a great novel.<br/><br/>In Shape, Sunday Times-bestselling author Jordan Ellenberg reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face, from the spread of coronavirus to rise of machine learning. The word 'geometry,' from the Greek, means 'measuring the world.' But geometry doesn't just measure the world - it explains it. Shape shows us how. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Geometry |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Shapes |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Vigyanpuri Campus | Vigyanpuri Campus | Mathematics | 01/10/2022 | 14 | 583.27 | 516 ELL | 005485 | 799.00 | 01/10/2022 | Books | ||||
| Vigyanpuri Campus | Vigyanpuri Campus | Mathematics | 01/10/2022 | 14 | 583.27 | 516 ELL | 005484 | 799.00 | 01/10/2022 | Course Reserve | ||||
| Vigyanpuri Campus | Vigyanpuri Campus | Mathematics | 01/10/2022 | 14 | 583.27 | 516 ELL | 005486 | 799.00 | 01/10/2022 | Books |