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02509nam a22002658i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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021526733 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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UkOxU |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20190514112501.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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180906s2019 enka 000|0|eng|d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780241309599 (hbk.) : |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
StDuBDS |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
StDuBDS |
| Modifying agency |
IeDuRDS |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
570.1 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Davies, P. C. W. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
110030 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The demon in the machine / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Paul Davies. |
| 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 |
Allen Lane, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2019. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
251 pages ; |
| Other physical details |
illustrations. |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"A gripping new drama in science ... if you want to understand how the concept of life is changing, read this' Professor Andrew Briggs, University of Oxford When Darwin set out to explain the origin of species, he made no attempt to answer the deeper question: what is life? For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question. Life really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match it. And yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mystery. So can life be explained by known physics and chemistry, or do we need something fundamentally new? In this penetrating and wide-ranging new analysis, world-renowned physicist and science communicator Paul Davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name, a domain where computing, chemistry, quantum physics and nanotechnology intersect. At the heart of these diverse fields, Davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity with the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and even to illuminate the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe. From life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, The Demon in the Machine is a breath-taking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computing. Weaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, Davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window on the secret of life itself." - Copac |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Life. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
54209 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Physics |
| Form subdivision |
Popular works. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
113185 |
| General subdivision |
Popular works |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Computer science |
| Form subdivision |
Popular works. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
134164 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Nanotechnology |
| Form subdivision |
Popular works. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
134165 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Chemistry |
| Form subdivision |
Popular works. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
103714 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Biology |
| Form subdivision |
Popular works. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
134166 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Loanable Book |