MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
03052cam a2200385 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
|---|
| control field |
2014005394 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
|---|
| control field |
DLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
|---|
| control field |
20190729105419.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
140313s2014 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
|---|
| LC control number |
2014005394 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
9781594205224 |
| Qualifying information |
hardback |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
1594205221 |
| Qualifying information |
hardback |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
|---|
| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
|---|
| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| -- |
MvI |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
|---|
| Classification number |
QA99 |
| Item number |
.E45 2014 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
|---|
| Classification number |
510 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
|---|
| Classification number |
MAT000000 |
| Number source |
bisacsh |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Ellenberg, Jordan, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1971- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
|---|
| Title |
How not to be wrong : |
| Remainder of title |
the power of mathematical thinking / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Jordan Ellenberg. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
|---|
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
The Penguin Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
|---|
| Extent |
468 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
|---|
| Content type term |
text |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
|---|
| Media type term |
unmediated |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
|---|
| Carrier type term |
volume |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
|---|
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-457) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
|---|
| Formatted contents note |
When am I going to use this? -- Linearity. Less like Sweden ; Straight locally, curved globally ; Everyone is obese ; How much is that in dead Americans? ; More pie than plate -- Inference. The Baltimore stockbroker and the Bible Code ; Dead fish don't read minds ; Reductio ad unlikely ; The international journal of haruspicy ; Are you there, God? It's me, Bayesian inference -- Expectation. What to expect when you're expecting to win the lottery ; Miss more planes! ; Where the train tracks meet -- Regression. The triumph of mediocrity ; Galton's ellipse ; Does lung cancer make you smoke cigarettes? -- Existence. There is no such thing as public opinion ; "Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe" -- How to be right. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
|---|
| Summary, etc. |
"In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us that math isn't confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we do--the whole world is shot through with it. Math allows us to see the hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of our world. It's a science of not being wrong, hammered out by centuries of hard work and argument. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see through to the true meaning of information we take for granted: How early should you get to the airport? What does "public opinion" really represent? Why do tall parents have shorter children? Who really won Florida in 2000? And how likely are you, really, to develop cancer? How Not to Be Wrong presents the surprising revelations behind all of these questions and many more, using the mathematician's method of analyzing life and exposing the hard-won insights of the academic community to the layman--minus the jargon. Ellenberg pulls from history as well as from the latest theoretical developments to provide those not trained in math with the knowledge they need. "-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 596 ## - |
|---|
| -- |
1 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mathematics |
| Form subdivision |
Miscellanea. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mathematical analysis |
| Form subdivision |
Miscellanea. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
MATHEMATICS / General. |
| Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
| 948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
|---|
| Series part designator, SPT (RLIN) |
u378834 |
| 949 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
|---|
| a |
QA99 .E45 2014 |
| w |
LC |
| c |
1 |
| h |
EY8Z |
| i |
33039001336386 |
| 903 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT C, LDC (RLIN) |
|---|
| a |
26899 |