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The boy who loved math : (Record no. 398255)

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CONTROL NUMBER
control field 809365646
CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field OCoLC
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20131204124158.0
FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 120905r20142013nyua b 000 0beng
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2012029744
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780545703055 (paperback)
CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency IG#
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-- YDXCP
-- BDX
-- BTCTA
-- GK5
-- IEP
-- WIQ
-- VP@
-- UBY
-- OCLCA
-- GZD
AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code e-hu---
LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library GZDA
Local processing data jg*
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 510.92
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Edition number 23
AUTHOR NAME
AUTHOR NAME Heiligman, Deborah,
TITLE STATEMENT
Title The boy who loved math :
Remainder of title the improbable life of Paul Erdos /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Deborah Heiligman ; pictures by LeUyen Pham.
VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title Improbable life of Paul Erdos.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First Scholastic printing.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 37 pages :
Other physical details color illustrations ;
Dimensions 26 cm.
SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Growing up in Hungary during WWI, Erdos tried school but chafed at the rules and convinced his mother that he should study at home. He was fascinated by numbers from an early age, and by the time he was 20, he was known as The Magician from Budapest. Unable to do common tasks such as cooking, laundry, or driving, he spent his adult life flying around the world, staying with other mathematicians, and working collaboratively on challenging math problems.
TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE
Target audience note 3-8.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mathematicians
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Children's literature
ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Pham, LeUyen,
Relator term illustrator.
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type 01. English Non Fiction
LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC)
d 921 ERD
c 350
Copies
Piece designation (barcode) Koha full call number School Code
WPSX25469921 ERDWestwood Primary School