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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 16294993 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20141211104216.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 100621s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2010023221 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-0375423727 (hbk.) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)ocn607975727 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | LC |
| Transcribing agency | PUL |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | Z 665 |
| Item number | .G547 2011 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gleick, James. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The information: |
| Remainder of title | A history, A theory, A flood. |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | James Gleick. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Pantheon Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | c2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 526 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-503) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Drums that talk -- Persistence of the word -- Two wordbooks -- To throw the powers of thought into wheel-work -- A nervous system for the Earth -- New wires, new logic -- Information theory -- The informational turn -- Entropy and its demons -- Life's own code -- Into the meme pool -- The sense of randomness -- Information is physical -- After the flood -- New news every day. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long misunderstood "talking drums" of Africa, James Gleick tells the story of information technologies that changed the very nature of human consciousness. He also provides portraits of the key figures contributing to the inexorable development of our modern understanding of information, including Charles Babbage, Ada Byron, Samuel Morse, Alan Turing, and Claude Shannon. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Information science |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Information society. |
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| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Item type | General circulation books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Non-fiction | Presbyterian University of East Africa - Main Library | Presbyterian University of East Africa - Main Library | General Stacks | 11/12/2014 | Books For Africa | 2400.00 | Z 665 .G547 2011 | 2014-7921 | 11/12/2014 | C1 | 11/12/2014 | General circulation books |