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03183cam a2200589Ka 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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ocn692205220 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20150315092309.0 |
006 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--ADDITIONAL MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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101213s2002 iluab ob 001 0beng 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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764547533 |
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768694625 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780226793627 (electronic bk.) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0226793621 (electronic bk.) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
0226793605 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
9780226793603 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
0226793613 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
Cancelled/invalid ISBN |
9780226793610 |
029 1# - (OCLC) |
OCLC library identifier |
NZ1 |
System control number |
13869462 |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)692205220 |
Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)764547533 |
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(OCoLC)768694625 |
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
e-fr--- |
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
Q143.M28 |
Item number |
T47 2002eb |
060 #4 - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
2003 A-578 |
060 #4 - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
Q 143.M28 |
Item number |
T323m 2002 |
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE |
Subject category code |
BIO |
Subject category code subdivision |
015000 |
Source |
bisacsh |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
509.2 |
Edition number |
22 |
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
Holding library |
GLAA |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Terrall, Mary. |
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
The man who flattened the earth |
Medium |
[electronic resource] : |
Remainder of title |
Maupertuis and the sciences in the enlightenment / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Mary Terrall. |
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 |
c2002. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
1 online resource (ix, 408 p.) : |
Other physical details |
ill., maps. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-392) and index. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Portrait of a man of science -- From Saint-Malo to Paris -- Mathematics and mechanics in the Paris Academy of Sciences -- The expedition to Lapland -- The polemical aftermath of the Lapland expedition -- Beyond Newton and on to Berlin -- Toward a science of living things -- The Berlin Academy of Sciences -- Teleology, cosmology, and least action -- Heredity and materialism -- The final years. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
Self-styled adventurer, literary wit, philosopher, and statesman of science, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) stood at the center of Enlightenment science and culture. Offering an elegant and accessible portrait of this remarkable man, Mary Terrall uses the story of Maupertuis's life, self-fashioning, and scientific works to explore what it meant to do science and to be a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe. Beginning his scientific career as a mathematician in Paris, Maupertuis entered the public eye with a much-discussed expedition to Lapland, which confirmed Newton's ca. |
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Description based on print version record. |
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Maupertuis, |
Dates associated with a name |
1698-1759. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Scientists |
Geographic subdivision |
France |
Form subdivision |
Biography. |
600 12 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Maupertuis, |
Dates associated with a name |
1698-1759. |
650 12 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Science |
Form subdivision |
Biography. |
600 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Moreau de Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis. |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY |
General subdivision |
Science & Technology. |
Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
650 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Natuurwetenschappen. |
Source of heading or term |
gtt |
600 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de. |
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 |
Terrall, Mary. |
Title |
Man who flattened the earth. |
Place, publisher, and date of publication |
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2002 |
International Standard Book Number |
0226793605 |
Record control number |
(DLC) 2002006778 |
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(OCoLC)49719072 |
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=348232">http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=348232</a> |
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EBL - Ebook Library |
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EBLB |
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EBL625223 |
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ebrary |
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EBRY |
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ebr10433757 |
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EBSCOhost |
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EBSC |
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348232 |
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92 |
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GEGLA |