The language of mathematics : (Record no. 98894)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260226111032.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780691201887 |
| Qualifying information | paperback |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | High School Learning Resource Center |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QA41.R65 2025 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rojas, Raúl, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1955- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 61109 |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Lenguaje de las matemáticas. |
| Form subheading | English |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The language of mathematics : |
| Remainder of title | the stories behind the symbols / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Raúl Rojas ; translated by Eduardo Aparicio. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First English edition. |
| 264 ## - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Princeton : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Princeton University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | [2025] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xv, 258 pages |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Source | rdacontent |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Source | rdamedia |
| Media type term | unmediated |
| Media type code | n |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| Carrier type term | volume |
| Carrier type code | nc |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE | |
| Target audience note | "Galileo famously wrote that the book of nature is written in mathematical language. The Language of Mathematics is a wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated collection of short, colorful histories of the most commonly used symbols in mathematics, providing readers with an engaging introduction to the origins, evolution, and conceptual meaning of each one. In dozens of lively and informative entries, Raúl Rojas shows how today's mathematics stands on the shoulders of giants, mathematicians from around the world who developed mathematical notation through centuries of collective effort. He tells the stories of such figures as al-Khwarizmi, René Descartes, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Karl Weierstrass, Sofia Kovalevskaya, David Hilbert, and Kenneth Iverson. Topics range from numbers and variables to sets and functions, constants, and combinatorics. Rojas describes the mathematical problems associated with different symbols and reveals how mathematical notation has sometimes been an accidental process. The entries are self-contained and can be read in any order, each one examining one or two symbols, their history, and the variants they may have had over time. An essential companion for math enthusiasts, The Language of Mathematics shows how mathematics is a living and evolving entity, forever searching for the best symbolism to express relationships between abstract concepts and to convey meaning"-- |
| Source | Provided by publisher. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Mathematical notation. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 61110 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Mathematical notation |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 61111 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Mathematics |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 61112 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Aparicio, Eduardo, |
| Relator term | translator. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 61113 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Non-fiction | High School Learning Resource Center | High School Learning Resource Center | General Circulation | 02/26/2026 | Sketchbook/Fullybooked | QA 41 .R65 2025 | HS14790 | 02/26/2026 | 1 | 02/26/2026 | Books |