The wraparound universe (Record no. 15868)
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| control field | 20171224123838.0 |
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| fixed length control field | 110428s2008 mauadf sb 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781439864968 (ebook : PDF) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | FlBoTFG |
| Transcribing agency | FlBoTFG |
| 041 1# - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| Language code of original and/or intermediate translations of text | fre |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) | QB981 |
| Local cutter number (OCLC) ; Book number/undivided call number, CALL (RLIN) | .L913 2008 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 523.1 |
| Item number | L957 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Luminet, Jean-Pierre. |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | <a href="Univers chiffonn�e.">Univers chiffonn�e.</a> |
| Language of a work | Englis |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The wraparound universe |
| Medium | [electronic resource] / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Jean-Pierre Luminet ; translated by Eric Novak |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Wellesley, Mass. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | A.K. Peters, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | c2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii, 316 p., [8] p. of plates : |
| Other physical details | ill. (some col.) |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-310) and indexes |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. The universal mollusk -- 2. The size of space -- 3. The hall of mirrors -- 4. The four scales of geometry -- 5. Absolute or relative space? -- 6. Celestial mirages -- 7. Black hole -- 8. Foam, strings, and loops -- 9. From relativity to the big bang -- 10. What is the curvature of the universe? -- 11. Open or closed? -- 12. The knowledge of places -- 13. From the cylinder to the pretzel -- 14. Fascinating shapes -- 15. Topology and relativity -- 16. Small, strange universes -- 17. Topological mirage -- 18. Hunting for ghosts -- 19. Midnight suns -- 20. Cosmic crystallography -- 21. Circles in the sky -- 22. Inflation, the infinite, and the folds -- 23. Maya -- 24. A brief history of space -- 25. The edge paradox -- 26. The dark night paradox -- 27. Non-Euclidean geometries -- 28. Cosmos and logos -- 29. Cosmic questions -- 30. Expansion and the infinite -- 31. Galaxies in flight -- 32. The rate of expansion -- 33. The age of the universe -- 34. Astronomical distances -- 35. Cosmic mathematics -- 36. Cosmic repulsion -- 37. Dark matter -- 38. The cosmic microwave background -- 39. Is the universe flat? -- 40. Symmetry -- 41. Polyhedra -- 42. The classification of surfaces -- 43. The classification of three-dimensional spaces -- 44. Topos and cosmos -- 45. Afterword : listening to the cosmic drum |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Also available in print edition |
| 538 ## - SYSTEM DETAILS NOTE | |
| System details note | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Cosmology |
| 655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| Source of term | lcs |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Novak, Eric |
| 776 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978156881309 |
| 776 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| International Standard Book Number | 156881309 |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781439864968">http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781439864968</a> |
| Electronic format type | application/PDF |
| Public note | Distributed by publisher. Purchase or institutional license may be required for access |
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