Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

loom of God (Record no. 78787)

020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781402764004 (pbk.)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1402764006 (pbk.)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)319209233
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 119 Pic
Item number 7
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 119 Pic
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Pickover, Clifford A.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title loom of God
Remainder of title tapestries of mathematics and mysticism
Statement of responsibility, etc Clifford A. Pickover
246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title The loom of God
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Sterling
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2009.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 287 p.
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Title Contents
Introduction
Notes to the paperback edition
1. Are numbers Gods?
2. The end of the world
3. Pentagonal numbers
4. Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026
5. 666,666, Gnomons, and oblong numbers
6. St. Augustine numbers
7. Perfection
8. Turks and Christians
9. The Ars Magna of Ramon Lull
10. Death Stars, a prelude to August 21. 2126
11. Stonehenge
12. Urantia and 5,342,482,337,666
13. Fractals and God
14. Behold the fractal Quipu
15. The eye of God
16. Number caves
17. Numerical Gargoyles
18. Astronomical computers in canchal de mahoma
19. Kabala
20. Mathematical proofs of God's existence
21. Eschaton now
22. Epilogue
Postscript 1. Goedel's mathematical proof of the existence of God
Postscript 2. Mathematicians who were religious
Postscript 3. Some mind-boggling terminology
Author's musings
Smorgasbord for computer junkies
Notes
References
Index
About the author
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc In a lively, intelligent synthesis of math, mysticism, and science fiction, Clifford Pick over explains the eternal magic of numbers
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note 94549
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Science
General subdivision Philosophy.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Religion and science.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mathematics
General subdivision Philosophy.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type 100 - 199
Source of classification or shelving scheme
Holdings
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