Gateway to the Great Books volume 9 (Record no. 6289)
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
|---|---|
| International Standard Book Number | 37766 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 808.8 Gat |
| Item number | 14 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 808.8 Gat |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Gateway to the Great Books volume 9 |
| Remainder of title | Mathematics |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Edited by Robert M. Hutchins, Mortimer J. Adler and Clifton Fadiman |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1963 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Chicago, Illinois |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 348 p. |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Title | Gateway to the great books |
| Number of part/section of a work | 10 volumes |
| Name of part/section of a work | Vol. IX |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Title | v. 9. Mathematics -- Mathematics, the Mirror of Civilization / Lancelot Hogben -- Mathematics, in Life and Thought / Andrew Russell Forsyth -- On Mathematical Method (from An Introduction to Mathematics) / Alfred North Whitehead -- On the Nature of a Calculus / Alfred North Whitehead -- The Study of Mathematics / Bertrand Russell -- Mathematics and the Metaphysicians / Bertrand Russell -- Definition of Number / Bertrand Russell -- New Names for Old / Edward Kasner, James R. Newman -- Beyond the Googol / Edward Kasner, James R. Newman -- Fingerprints / Tobias Dantzig -- The Empty Column / Tobias Dantzig -- The Seven Bridges of Konigsberg / Leonhard Euler -- Measurement / Norman Robert Campbell -- Numerical Laws and the Use of Mathematics in Science / Norman Robert Campbell -- The Postulates of the Science of Space / William Kingdon Clifford -- Space / Henri Poincare -- Mathematical Creation / Henri Poincare -- Chance / Henri Poincare -- Probability (from A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities) / Pierre Simon De Laplace -- The Red and the Black / Charles Sanders Peirce. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Complements Great Books of the Western World; includes only short works and excerpts from longer works. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | 37766 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Literature Collections. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Relator code | Ed. |
| Personal name | Hutchins, Robert M. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Relator code | Ed. |
| Personal name | Adler, Mortimer J. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Relator code | Ed. |
| Personal name | Fadiman, Clifton |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | 800 - 899 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | 50.00 | 808.8 Gat | 37766 | 2007-07-31 |