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019480808 |
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Uk |
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20210302090953.0 |
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180731t20192019ctuacf 001 0aeng d |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2018953465 |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
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| National bibliography number |
GBB9E9348 |
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bnb |
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| Record control number |
019480808 |
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Uk |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780300235906 |
| Qualifying information |
hardback |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(IeDuTC)b182164688 |
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(DLC)2018953465 |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)on1046553493 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
Uk |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
Uk |
| Modifying agency |
IeDuTC |
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Uk |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
ukscp |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QA641 |
| Item number |
.Y38 2019 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
516.36 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Yau, Shing-Tung, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1949- |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
78707 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The shape of a life : |
| Remainder of title |
one mathematician's search for the universe's hidden geometry / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Shing-Tung Yau and Steve Nadis. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New Haven : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Yale University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2019. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 293 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (black and white), portraits ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Itinerant youth -- Life goes on -- Coming to America -- In the foothills of Mount Calabi -- The march to the summit -- The road to Jiaoling -- A special year -- Strings and waves in sunny San Diego -- Harvard bound -- Getting centered -- Beyond Poincare -- Between two cultures. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Harvard geometer and Fields medalist Shing-Tung Yau has provided a mathematical foundation for string theory, offered new insights into black holes, and mathematically demonstrated the stability of our universe. In this autobiography, Yau reflects on his improbable journey to becoming one of the world's most distinguished mathematicians. Beginning with an impoverished childhood in China and Hong Kong, Yau takes readers through his doctoral studies at Berkeley during the height of the Vietnam War protests, his Fields Medal-winning proof of the Calabi conjecture, his return to China, and his pioneering work in geometric analysis. This new branch of geometry, which Yau built up with his friends and colleagues, has paved the way for solutions to several important and previously intransigent problems. With complicated ideas explained for a broad audience, this book offers readers not only insights into the life of an eminent mathematician, but also an accessible way to understand advanced and highly abstract concepts in mathematics and theoretical physics"-- |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Yau, Shing-Tung, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1949- |
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78707 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Mathematicians |
| Geographic subdivision |
China |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
78708 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Mathematicians |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
78709 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Geometry, Differential. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
78710 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Geometric analysis. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
78711 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Nadis, Steven J., |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
78712 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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