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03535cam a2200697Ka 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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ocn692204495 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20150315092309.0 |
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101213s2004 iluaf ob s001 0 eng d |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
N$T |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Transcribing agency |
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Modifying agency |
EBLCP |
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E7B |
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OCLCQ |
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MHW |
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OCLCQ |
019 ## - |
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764547537 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780226577135 (electronic bk.) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0226577139 (electronic bk.) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
0226577120 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
9780226577128 |
029 1# - (OCLC) |
OCLC library identifier |
NZ1 |
System control number |
13869466 |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)692204495 |
Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)764547537 |
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
Q125.2 |
Item number |
.N49 2004eb |
060 #4 - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
2004 K-651 |
060 #4 - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
WZ 54 |
Item number |
N556p 2004 |
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE |
Subject category code |
SCI |
Subject category code subdivision |
034000 |
Source |
bisacsh |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
509.024 |
Edition number |
22 |
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
Holding library |
GLAA |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Newman, William Royall. |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Promethean ambitions |
Medium |
[electronic resource] : |
Remainder of title |
alchemy and the quest to perfect nature / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
William R. Newman. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Chicago : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
University of Chicago Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2004. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
1 online resource (xv, 333 p., [8] p. of plates) : |
Other physical details |
ill. (some col.) |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; A Note On Terminology; Abbreviations; Introduction: From Alchemical Gold to Synthetic Humans: The Problem of the Artificial and the Natural; Chapter One: Imitating, Challenging, and Perfecting Nature: The Arts and Alchemy in European Antiquity; Chapter Two: Alchemy and the Art-Nature Debate; Chapter Three: The Visual Arts and Alchemy; Chapter Four: Artificial Life and the Homunculus; Chapter Five: The Art-Nature Debate and the Issue of Experiment; Afterword: Further Ramifications of the Art-Nature Debate; References; Index. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
In an age when the nature of reality is complicated daily by advances in bioengineering, cloning, and artificial intelligence, it is easy to forget that the ever-evolving boundary between nature and technology has long been a source of ethical and scientific concern: modern anxieties about the possibility of artificial life and the dangers of tinkering with nature more generally were shared by opponents of alchemy long before genetic science delivered us a cloned sheep named Dolly. In Promethean Ambitions, William R. Newman ambitiously uses alchemy to investigate the thinning boundary between. |
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Description based on print version record. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Science, Renaissance. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Alchemy |
General subdivision |
History. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Arts, Renaissance. |
650 12 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Alchemy. |
650 12 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History, Medieval. |
650 22 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History of Medicine. |
650 22 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nature. |
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Chemistry. |
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Science. |
650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sciences de la Renaissance. |
650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Alchimie |
General subdivision |
Histoire. |
650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Arts de la Renaissance. |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
SCIENCE |
General subdivision |
History. |
Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
650 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Alchemie. |
Source of heading or term |
gtt |
650 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Natuurwetenschappen. |
Source of heading or term |
gtt |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Naturwissenschaften. |
Source of heading or term |
swd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Kunst. |
Source of heading or term |
swd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Alchemie. |
Source of heading or term |
swd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Chemie. |
Source of heading or term |
swd |
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Natur. |
Source of heading or term |
swd |
655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
Genre/form data or focus term |
Electronic books. |
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
Display text |
Print version: |
Main entry heading |
Newman, William Royall. |
Title |
Promethean ambitions. |
Place, publisher, and date of publication |
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004 |
International Standard Book Number |
0226577120 |
Record control number |
(DLC) 2003019600 |
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(OCoLC)53006766 |
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Materials specified |
EBSCOhost |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=348225">http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=348225</a> |
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EBL - Ebook Library |
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EBLB |
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EBL625214 |
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ebrary |
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EBRY |
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ebr10433761 |
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EBSCOhost |
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EBSC |
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348225 |
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GEGLA |