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010			_a 2008013745
020			_a9780801890178 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
020			_a9780801890185 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
020			_a0801890179 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
020			_a0801890187 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn215175531
035			_a(OCoLC)215175531
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050	0	0	_aQA8.4 _b.T83 2009
082	0	0	_a510.1 _222
100	1		_aTubbs, Robert, _d1954-
245	1	0	_aWhat is a number? : _bmathematical concepts and their origins / _cRobert Tubbs.
260			_aBaltimore : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c2009.
300			_ax, 305 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-290) and index.
505	0		_aMysticism, number, and geometry : an introduction to Pythagoreanism -- The Elgin Marbles and Plato's geometric chemistry -- An introduction to infinity -- The flat Earth and the spherical sky -- Theology, logic, and questions about angels -- Time, infinity, and incommensurability -- Medieval theories of vision and the discovery of space -- The shape of space and the fourth dimension -- What is a number? -- The dual nature of points and lines -- Modern mathematical infinity -- Elegance and truth.
650		0	_aMathematics _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aLogic, Symbolic and mathematical.
650		0	_aMathematics _xHistory.
856	4	1	_zTable of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0904/2008013745.html
856	4	2	_zContributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008013745-b.html
856	4	2	_zPublisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008013745-d.html
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