MARC details
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
091109s1993 njua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
91045153 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0133885135 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780133885132 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(Sirsi) u2583 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
EG-CaNU |
| Transcribing agency |
EG-CaNU |
| Modifying agency |
EG-CaNU |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
ncode |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
509.4 |
| Edition number |
20 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Alioto, Anthony M., |
| Dates associated with a name |
1950- |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4886 |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
A history of western science |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Anthony M. Alioto. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
2nd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Prentice Hall |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c1993. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
ix, 454 p. |
| Other physical details |
ill . |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Beginnings: Science in Antiquity -- Man, Gods, and the Cosmos -- Lighting the Lamp: Early Greece -- The Elements of All Things: Numbers and Ideas -- The First Scientist: Aristotle -- The Temple of the Muses: Science after Aristotle -- Greek to Latin: Science in the Age of Rome -- Reason and Faith: The Middle Ages -- Athens and Jerusalem: Pagan Science and Christianity -- The Cosmic Garden: Islamic Science and the Twelfth Century Renaissance -- The Errors of the Philosophers -- The Gate and the Key: Empiricism, Mathematics, and Experiment -- Medieval Skeptics. Interlude: Chickens and the Scientific Method -- The Scientific Revolution -- ""Man Can Do All Things..."" The Renaissance -- The Earth Moves! -- From Magic to Mechanism -- The Language of Nature: Galileo -- ""Such a Wonderful Uniformity."" -- Skeptical Chemists -- Optimism, or Cultivating the Garden -- Life Itself -- The Dark Abyss of Time -- The Law of Higgledly-Piggledy -- Progress in the Nineteenth Century: Life and Matter -- Progress in the Nineteenth Century: Classical Physics -- The Second Revolution and Beyond -- Strange New World: Relativity -- The Story ofh -- Things Past, Things to Come: Cosmology -- The Secret of Life -- Epilogue: ""Human, All-Too-Human. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Presented in an informal, narrative style, this text looks at science, from the ancient world, to medieval science, the scientific revolution, through to 20th century physics. This edition offers more coverage of 20th century history, wars, and technology; more on Albert Einstein; and more on quantum mechanics and philosophy. For all those interested in science, history, philosophy, physics, and engineering |
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1 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Science |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4887 |