DDC highlights (6)
Has it really been a month? More selected numbers, this time from the latest two sets of Dewey Decimal subject mappings.
- The eyes have it: Peacocks in art - 704.943286258
- Vicar of Dibleyest number: Clergy on television - 791.456827
- 100,00 BC: Prehistoric peoples on television - 791.45658
- “But she hates James Blunt already”: Musical perception in infants - 155.422215
- Don’t go there: Sin City (Imaginary place) - 741.5973
- We’re turning Chinese, I really think so: Sinicization - 303.48251
- The fraud that got away was this big: Phishing - 005.8
- Beam me up, Scotty: Quantum teleportation - 530.12
- Fairly long number: Sephardim in literature - 809.933529924046
- Very long number: Quetzalcoatl in literature - 808.80382997845202113
These large numbers are, however, dwarfed by this monstrosity from the Canadian subject mapping for works about a four-and-a-half month strike at the Versatile tractor plant in Winnipeg:
Buhler Versatile Inc. Strike, Winnipeg, Man., 2000-2001 - 331.892829225209712743090511
Wow. It’s certainly the longest I’ve ever seen. And they say size isn’t everything.
I see they’ve picked this one out at Dewey Towers too.
What is the DDC number for pi?
Comment by James Graham — March 10, 2006 @ 3:38 pm
512.73, which is the number for analytic number theory, is probably the closest mapping.
Comment by Will — March 10, 2006 @ 4:01 pm
That’s just rubbish.
Comment by James Graham — March 10, 2006 @ 4:23 pm
The closest DDC numbers to pi I can offer are 003.1, which is computer system identification, and 314.15, which is statistics about Ireland.
Comment by Will — March 10, 2006 @ 4:35 pm