Indra's pearls : (Record no. 5969)
| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01950cam a2200241 a 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20220325145201.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 020820s2002 enka 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0521352533 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | tshering |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 514.742 MUM |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mumford, David. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Indra's pearls : |
| Remainder of title | the vision of Felix Klein / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | David Mumford; Caroline Series; David James Wright and Larry Gonick |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | United Kingdom : |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2002. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xix, 395 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 25.1 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Include index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Felix Klein, one of the great nineteenth-century geometers, discovered in mathematics an idea prefigured in Buddhist mythology: the heaven of Indra contained a net of pearls, each of which was reflected in its neighbour, so that the whole Universe was mirrored in each pearl. Klein studied infinitely repeated reflections and was led to forms with multiple co-existing symmetries, each simple in itself, but whose interactions produce fractals on the edge of chaos. For a century these images, which were practically impossible to draw by hand, barely existed outside the imagination of mathematicians. However in the 1980s the authors embarked on the first computer exploration of Klein's vision, and in so doing found further extraordinary images of their own. Join the authors on the path from some basic mathemathical ideas to the simple algorithms that create the delicate fractal filigrees, most of which have never appeared in print before. Beginners can learn to understand what the images mean and follow the step-by-step instructions for writing computer programs that generate them. More advanced readers can see how the images relate to ideas that take them to the forefront of research. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Klein, Felix, -- 1849-1925. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Geometry. |
| Form subdivision | Symmetry. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Series, Caroline. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wright, David James. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Paro College Library | Paro College Library | 03/01/2013 | SSBL ,429=1/1/2004 | 1305.00 | 514.742 MUM | *12561* | 03/01/2013 | 1355.00 | 03/01/2013 | Books |