MARC details
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| fixed length control field |
01939cam a2200289 i 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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| control field |
UK-LoPHL |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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| control field |
20230130174339.0 |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
ta |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
230130s2022 enka b 001|0|eng|d |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
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| National bibliography number |
GBC258599 |
| Source |
bnb |
| 016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER |
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| Record control number |
020543334 |
| Source |
Uk |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780571354214 |
| Qualifying information |
hardback |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(Uk)020543334 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(UkOxU)023123089 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
StDuBDS |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
StDuBDS |
| Modifying agency |
UkOxU |
| -- |
UK-LoPHL |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
530.809 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Vincent, James |
| Titles and words associated with a name |
(Journalist), |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
126242 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Beyond measure : |
| Remainder of title |
the hidden history of measurement / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
James Vincent. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
London : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Faber & Faber, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
viii, 418 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (some colour) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier type term |
volume |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction : why measurement matters -- The kindling of civilisation : the ancient world, the first units of measurement, and their cognitive rewards -- Measure and the social order : the importance of metrology for early states and the fabric of society -- The proper subject of measurement : how the scientific revolution expanded measure's domain -- The quantifying spirit : the disenchantment of the world and the history of hot and cold -- The metric revolution : the radical politics of the metric system and its origin in the French Revolution -- A grid laid across the world : the surveying of land, the colonisation of the US, and the power of abstraction -- Measuring life and death : the invention of statistics and the birth of average -- The battle of the standards : metric vs imperial and metrology's culture war -- For all times, for all people : how metric units transcended physical reality and conquered the world -- The managed life : measurement's place in modern society and in our understanding of ourselves. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Measurement |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
126243 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Suppress in OPAC |
Do not suppress in OPAC |
| Koha item type |
Book |