A scheme of heaven : (Record no. 105712)
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001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
control field | 019601294 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
control field | Uk |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
control field | 20200819141523.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
fixed length control field | 191001s2020 enka 000|0|eng|d |
015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER | |
National bibliography number | GBB9I0771 |
Source | bnb |
016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER | |
Record control number | 019601294 |
Source | Uk |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9781781259634 (hbk.) : |
Terms of availability | £20.00 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Original cataloging agency | StDuBDS |
Language of cataloging | eng |
Transcribing agency | StDuBDS |
Description conventions | rda |
Modifying agency | IeDuRDS |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 133.509 |
Edition number | 23 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Boxer, Alexander |
9 (RLIN) | 136206 |
245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | A scheme of heaven : |
Remainder of title | astrology and the birth of science / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Alexander Boxer. |
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | London : |
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Profile Books, |
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2020. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xi, 319 p. : |
Other physical details | ill. (colour) ; |
Dimensions | 24 cm. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographic notes and index. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | "Humans are pattern-matching creatures, and astrology is our grandest pattern-matching game. In this refreshing work of history and analysis, data scientist Alexander Boxer examines classical texts on astrology to expose its underlying scientific and mathematical framework. Astrology, he argues, was the ancient world's most ambitious applied mathematics problem, a grand data-analysis enterprise sustained by some of history's most brilliant minds from Ptolemy to al- Kindi to Kepler. A "scheme of heaven," or horoscope, is recognized as pseudoscience today, but was once considered a cutting-edge scientific tool. Not only does Boxer trace different applications of horoscopes back to their origins, he also puts them to the test using modern data sets and statistical science, arguing that today's data scientists do work similar to astrologers of yore. At once critical, rigorous, and far-ranging, A Scheme of Heaven recontextualizes astrology as a vast, technological project-spanning continents and centuries-that foreshadowed our data-driven world today"-- |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Astrology |
General subdivision | History. |
9 (RLIN) | 59975 |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type | Loanable Book |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | General Collection | Library | Library | 19/08/2020 | 133.509 BOX | 000437835 | 19/08/2020 | 19/08/2020 | Loanable Book |