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The grand contraption : (Record no. 81404)

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Original cataloging agency INARC
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions pn
Transcribing agency INARC
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780691233185
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International Standard Book Number 0691233187
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 0691121338
Qualifying information (alk. paper)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9780691121338
Qualifying information (alk. paper)
029 1# - OTHER SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER (OCLC)
OCLC library identifier AU@
System control number 000069620555
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)1035312016
Canceled/invalid control number (OCoLC)1255223551
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Stock number 22573/ctv1m4s8q3
Source of stock number/acquisition JSTOR
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Stock number 9507062
Source of stock number/acquisition IEEE
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number Q125
Item number .P323 2005
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
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library MAIN
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Park, David,
Dates associated with a name 1919-2012.
9 (RLIN) 65115
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The grand contraption :
Remainder of title the world as myth, number and chance /
Statement of responsibility, etc. David Park.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Princeton :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Princeton University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. �2005.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (xiv, 331 pages :
Other physical details illustrations, maps
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Content type term text
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Media type term computer
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Carrier type term online resource
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504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-325) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Voices from the sands -- Managing the world -- Guesswork -- Earth and heaven -- Beginnings and endings -- Philosophy continued -- The world map -- Towards a new astronomy -- What is the world made of? -- The universe measured -- The view from here.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The Grand Contraption tells the story of humanity's attempts through 4,000 years of written history to make sense of the world in its cosmic totality, to understand its physical nature, and to know its real and imagined inhabitants. No other book has provided as coherent, compelling, and learned a narrative on this subject of subjects. David Park takes us on an incredible journey that illuminates the multitude of elaborate "contraptions" by which humans in the Western world have imagined the earth they inhabit--and what lies beyond. Intertwining history, religion, philosophy, literature, and the physical sciences, this eminently readable book is, ultimately, about the "grand contraption" we've constructed through the ages in an effort to understand and identify with the universe. According to Park, people long ago conceived of our world as a great rock slab inhabited by gods, devils, and people and crowned by stars. Thinkers imagined ether to fill the empty space, and in the comforting certainty of celestial movement they discerned numbers, and in numbers, order. Separate sections of the book tell the fascinating stories of measuring and mapping the Earth and Heavens, and later, the scientific exploration of the universe. The journey reveals many common threads stretching from ancient Mesopotamians and Greeks to peoples of today. For example, humans have tended to imagine Earth and Sky as living creatures. Not true, say science-savvy moderns. But truth isn't always the point. The point, says Park, is that Earth is indeed the fragile bubble we surmise, and we must treat it with the reverence it deserves.
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note IEEE
Provenance (VM) [OBSOLETE] IEEE Xplore Princeton University Press eBooks Library
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 64702
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science
General subdivision Social aspects.
9 (RLIN) 14444
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science and civilization.
9 (RLIN) 25546
650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Sciences
General subdivision Histoire.
9 (RLIN) 64770
650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Sciences
General subdivision Aspect social.
9 (RLIN) 65116
650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Sciences et civilisation.
9 (RLIN) 65117
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element SCIENCE / History
Source of heading or term bisacsh
9 (RLIN) 19261
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science.
Source of heading or term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01108176
9 (RLIN) 19043
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science and civilization.
Source of heading or term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01108517
9 (RLIN) 25546
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science
General subdivision Social aspects.
Source of heading or term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01108360
9 (RLIN) 14444
655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
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655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term History.
Source of term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01411628
9 (RLIN) 5289
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
Main entry heading Park, David, 1919-2012.
Title Grand contraption.
Place, publisher, and date of publication Princeton : Princeton University Press, �2005
Record control number (DLC) 2004022624
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?bknumber=9507062">https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?bknumber=9507062</a>
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