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03293cam a2200385Ii 4500 |
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ocn930781744 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20240726105012.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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151202s2016 enka ob 001 0 eng d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
NT |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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pn |
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NT |
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YDXCP |
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IDEBK |
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NT |
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CDX |
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OCLCF |
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WAU |
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DEBSZ |
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EBLCP |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780191067600 |
| Qualifying information |
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| 050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QA21 |
| Item number |
.Q584 2016 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
MAIN |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Biggs, Norman, |
| Relator term |
Author |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Quite right : |
| Remainder of title |
the story of mathematics, measurement, and money / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Norman Biggs. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Oxford : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
(c)2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
1 online resource (viii, 176 pages) : |
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illustrations |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
computer |
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c |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier type term |
online resource |
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cr |
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rdacarrier |
| 347 ## - DIGITAL FILE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| File type |
data file |
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rda |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Cover ; Preface; Contents; 1. The Unwritten Story; The story of mathematics; Fairness in the age of the hunter-gatherers; Counting without numbers; The origins of money; Mysterious moonshine; 2. The Dawn of Civilization; Writing and counting; Operating with numbers; Fair division in the age of arithmetic; Measuring length and area; Measuring quantities; The origins of units of measurement; The elements of finance; 3. From Tax and Trade to Theorems; The coming of coins; Practical mathematics; The new mathematics; Problems of measurement; Proving results about whole numbers |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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4. The Age of AlgorithmsHow to do arithmetic; Advances in arithmetic; The uses of arithmetic; The north-west frontier; The art of al-jabr; The origins of symbolic algebra; 5. The End of the Middle Ages; Merchants and mathematicians; Interest upon interest, and more . . .; Solving equations; Counting and arranging; How to keep a secret: the medieval way; 6. A New World of Mathematics; Measurement and calculation; To the limit; Algebra and geometry combine; Back to the future: Archimedes; Fermat and the new algebra; One small step . . .; More about series; 7. Mathematics Ascending |
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Calculus, coinage, and controversyLogarithms and exponents; Numbers, perfect and prime; New kinds of numbers; All kinds of wonderful things; To the limit, carefully; 8. Taking a Chance; Great expectations; Games and strategies; The law of large numbers; Statistics; 9. Modelling and Measuring; Mathematics in context; Measuring value and utility; The problems of democracy; The measure of the world; 10. Mathematics and Money in the Age of Information; Financial speculation; A model of how prices change; Forms of money; Money, information, and uncertainty; Measuring information |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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11. Can Mathematics Keep Us Safe?The search for security; Some things are easy, but some are not; How to keep a secret: the modern way; Can mathematics keep us safe?; Notes; Index |
| 530 ## - COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: |
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| COPYRIGHT INFORMATION |
COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission: |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="b">b</a> |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mathematics |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 655 #1 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Electronic Books. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1104824&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518">https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1104824&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518</a> |
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Click to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) |
| DONATED BY: |
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| VENDOR |
EBSCO |
| Classification part |
QA |
| PUBLICATION YEAR |
2016 |
| LOCATION |
ONLINE |
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NFIC |
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92 |
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NT |
| 902 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT B, LDB (RLIN) |
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1 |
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Cynthia Snell |
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1 |
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Cynthia Snell |