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02166cam a2200253 a 4500 |
| 001 - Número de Control |
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002898 |
| 005 - Fecha de Ultima Modificación |
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20231009192016.0 |
| 008 - Elementos de Fongitud Fija--Información General |
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130407s1997 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - Número de Control de Biblioteca del Congreso USA |
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| Número de la Bibliografía nacional |
96049772 |
| 020 ## - ISBN |
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| ISBN |
0805047794 |
| 050 00 - Número de Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso de (USA-LC) |
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| No. de Clasificación |
QB14.5 |
| No. del ítem |
.M67 1997 |
| 082 00 - Número de Clasificación Decimal Dewey |
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| No. de Clasificación |
530.01 MOR |
| 100 1# - Entrada Principal - Nombre Personal |
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| Nombre Personal |
Morris, Richard |
| 245 10 - TÍTULO |
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| Título del material |
Achilles in the quantum universe |
| Resto del Título |
: the definitive history of infinity |
| Mención de responsabilidad |
/ Richard Morris. |
| 250 ## - Mención de Edición |
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| Mención de Edición |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - Publicación, Distribución, etc. (Pie de Imprenta) |
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| Lugar de Publicación, Distribución, etc. |
New York |
| Nombre de la editorial, distribuidor, etc. |
: Henry Holt |
| Fecha de Publicación, Distribución, etc. |
, 1997. |
| 300 ## - Descripción Física |
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| Extensión |
xii, 224 p. |
| Otros detalles físicos |
: ill. |
| Dimensiones |
; 25 cm. |
| 504 ## - Nota de Bibliografía, etc. |
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| Nota de Bibliografía, etc. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - Resumen, etc. |
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| Nota de resumen, etc. |
"Centuries ago, when the ancient philosopher Zeno proposed his famous paradox involving Achilles and the Tortoise, he struck at the heart of one of science's most enduring and intractable problems: How do we define the infinite? From then on, our greatest natural philosophers, logicians, mathematicians, and scientists, from Aristotle to Stephen Hawking, have been stymied - and driven - by infinity." "Acclaimed science writer Richard Morris guides us on a fascinating, literate, and entertaining tour of the efforts made throughout history to make sense of the mind-bending concept of the infinite. In tracing this quest, Morris shows us how each new encounter with infinity drove the advancement of physics and mathematics. Along the way, we encounter such luminaries as Galileo and Newton, Tycho Brahe and Giordano Bruno, and the giants of modern physics: Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Feynmann, Hawking, and numerous others." "Beginning with simple logical puzzles and progressing to the latest cosmological theories, Morris shows how these same infinity problems helped spawn such groundbreaking scientific developments as relativity and quantum mechanics. Though in many ways, the infinite is just as baffling today as it was in antiquity, contemporary scientists are probing ever deeper into the nature of our universe and catching fleeting glimpses of the infinite in ways the ancients could never have imagined." |
| 650 #4 - Entradas Secundarias - Términos temáticos |
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| Tópico o nombre Geográfico |
Astronomy |
| Subdivisión general |
-Philosophy |
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-History |
| 650 #0 - Entradas Secundarias - Términos temáticos |
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| Tópico o nombre Geográfico |
Infinite |
| Subdivisión general |
--History. |
| 650 #4 - Entradas Secundarias - Términos temáticos |
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| Tópico o nombre Geográfico |
Physics |
| Subdivisión general |
-Philosophy |
| 942 ## - TIPO DE MATERIAL |
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| Tipo de Material |
Libro - Monografía |
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