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000 Computer science, Information & General Works
100 Philosophy & Psychology
200 Religion
300 Social Sciences
400 Language
500 Science
500 Natural sciences & Mathematics
510 Mathematics
520 Astronomy & Allied Sciences
530 Physics
540 Chemistry & Allied Sciences
550 Earth Sciences & Geology
560 Paleontology, Fossils & Prehistoric Life
570 Biology
580 Plants
590 Animals (Zoology)
600 Technology
700 Arts & Recreation
800 Literature
900 History & Geography
500 Natural sciences & Mathematics
500 Natural sciences & mathematics
501 Philosophy & theory
502 Miscellany
503 Dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances
504 Not assigned or no longer used
505 Serial publications
506 Organizations & management
507 Education, research, related topics
508 Natural history
509 History, geographic treatment, biography
510 Mathematics
510 Mathematics
511 General principles of mathematics
512 Algebra
513 Arithmetic
514 Topology
515 Analysis
516 Geometry
517 Not assigned or no longer used
518 Numerical analysis
519 Probabilities & applied mathematics
520 Astronomy & Allied Sciences
520 Astronomy & allied sciences
521 Celestial mechanics
522 Techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials
523 Specific celestial bodies & phenomena
524 Not assigned or no longer used
525 Earth (Astronomical geography)
526 Mathematical geography
527 Celestial navigation
528 Ephemerides
529 Chronology
530 Physics
530 Physics
531 Classical mechanics
532 Fluid mechanics
533 Pneumatics (Gas mechanics)
534 Sound & related vibrations
535 Light & related radiation
536 Heat
537 Electricity & electronics
538 Magnetism
539 Modern physics
540 Chemistry & Allied Sciences
540 Chemistry & allied sciences
541 Physical chemistry
542 Techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials
543 Analytical chemistry
544 No longer used—formerly Qualitative analysis
545 No longer used—formerly Quantitative analysis
546 Inorganic chemistry
547 Organic chemistry
548 Crystallography
549 Mineralogy
550 Earth Sciences & Geology
550 Earth sciences & geology
551 Geology, hydrology, meteorology
552 Petrology
553 Economic geology
554 Earth sciences of Europe
555 Earth sciences of Asia
556 Earth sciences of Africa
557 Earth sciences of North America
558 Earth sciences of South America
559 Earth sciences of Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica, extraterrestrial worlds
560 Paleontology, Fossils & Prehistoric Life
560 Paleontology, Fossils & prehistoric life
561 Paleobotany; fossil microorganisms
562 Fossil invertebrates
563 Miscellaneous fossil marine & seashore invertebrates
564 Fossil Mollusca & Molluscoidea
565 Fossil Arthropoda
566 Fossil Chordata
567 Fossil cold-blooded vertebrates
568 Fossil Aves (birds)
569 Fossil Mammalia
570 Biology
570 Biology
571 Physiology & related subjects
572 Biochemistry
573 Specific physiological systems in animals, regional histology & physiology in animals
574 Not assigned or no longer used
575 Specific parts of & physiological systems in plants
576 Genetics and evolution
577 Ecology
578 Natural history of organisms & related subjects
579 Natural history of microorganisms, fungi, algae
580 Plants
580 Plants
581 Specific topics in natural history of plants
582 Plants noted for specific vegetative characteristics and flowers
583 Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledones)
584 Liliopsida (Monocotyledones)
585 Pinophyta (Gymnosperms)
586 Cryptogamia (Seedless plants)
587 Pteridophyta
588 Bryophyta
589 No longer used—formerly Forestry
590 Animals (Zoology)
590 Animals (Zoology)
591 Specific topics in natural history of animals
592 Invertebrates
593 Miscellaneous marine & seashore invertebrates
594 Mollusca & Molluscoidea
595 Arthropoda
596 Chordata
597 Cold-blooded vertebrates
598 Aves (Birds)
599 Mammalia (Mammals)
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