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001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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2009281679 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20190729103929.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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091016s2009 cauab b 001 0 eng d |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2009281679 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780520260139 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0520260139 |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)ocn428433188 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
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042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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lccopycat |
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
Holding library |
EY8Z |
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
Z103 |
Item number |
.B56 2009 |
245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
The book of codes : |
Remainder of title |
understanding the world of hidden messages : an illustrated guide to signs, symbols, ciphers, and secret languages / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Paul Lunde, general editor. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Berkeley, CA : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
University of California Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2009. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
279 p. : |
Other physical details |
ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; |
Dimensions |
26 cm. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
THE FIRST CODES: Reading the landscape -- Tracking animals -- Bushcraft signs -- Early petroglyphs -- First writing systems -- Reading cuneiform -- Alphabets and scripts -- The evolution of numerical systems -- Linear A & Linear B -- The Phaistos disc -- The mystery of hieroglyphs -- Hieroglyphs revealed -- The riddle of the Maya -- Indigenous traditions -- SECTS, SYMBOLS, & SECRET SOCIETIES: Early Christians -- The pentangle -- Divination -- Heresies, sects and cults -- Rosslyn Chapel -- Alchemy -- Kabbalism -- Necromancy -- Rosicrucians -- Freemasons -- CODES FOR SECRECY: The art of concealment -- For your eyes only -- Frequency analysis -- Disguising ciphers -- Medieval cipher systems -- The Babington plot -- The da Vinci code -- Ciphertexts and keys -- Grilles -- Spies and black chambers -- Mechanical devices -- Hidden in plain sight -- COMMUNICATING AT A DISTANCE: Long-distance alarms -- Flag signals -- Semaphore and the telegraph -- Morse code -- Person to person -- CODES OF WAR: Classical codes of war -- The 'indecipherable' code -- The great cipher -- 19th-century innovations -- Military map codes -- Field signals -- The Zimmermann telegram -- Enigma: the 'unbreakable' system -- WWII codes and code breakers -- Cracking enigma -- Navajo windtalkers -- Cold war codes -- CODES OF THE UNDERWORLD: Street slang -- From Samurai to Yakuza -- Cockney rhyming slang -- The Mob -- Ramblers' sign language -- Cops and codes -- The zodiac mystery -- The zodiac legacy -- Graffiti -- Youth codes -- Digital subversion -- |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
ENCODING THE WORLD: Describing time -- Describing form -- Force and motion -- Mathematics: the indescribable -- The periodic table -- Defining the world -- Encoding the landscape -- Navigation -- Taxonomy -- The genetic code -- Genetic ancestry -- Using the genetic code -- CODES OF CIVILIZATION: Codes of construction -- Taoist mysticism -- South Asian sacred imagery -- The language of Buddhism -- The patterns of Islam -- Mysteries of the North -- Medieval visual sermons -- Stained glass windows -- Renaissance iconography -- The age of reason -- Victoriana -- Textiles, carpets, and embroidery -- CODES OF COMMERCE: Commercial codes -- Brands & trademarks -- Makers' marks -- Codes of work -- Currency and counterfeits -- The book in your hands -- CODES OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Body language -- Survival signals -- Sporting codes -- Etiquette -- Dressing your message -- Heraldry -- Formal dress codes -- Decoding the unconscious -- The language of dreams -- VISUAL CODES: Signs & signage -- Highway codes -- Challenged communication -- Describing music -- Musical scores -- Animal talk -- Extraterrestrials -- IMAGINARY CODES: Modern magic and mayhem -- The Bible code -- The Beale Papers -- Mystery and imagination -- Fantasy codes -- Doomsday codes -- THE DIGITAL AGE. The first computers -- Supercomputers -- Talking to computers -- Alice, Bob, & Eve -- Future medicine -- Where are codes taking us? |
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Ciphers. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Cryptography. |
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Lunde, Paul, |
Dates associated with a name |
1943- |
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Materials specified |
Contributor biographical information |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009281679-b.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009281679-b.html</a> |
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Materials specified |
Publisher description |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009281679-d.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009281679-d.html</a> |
948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
Series part designator, SPT (RLIN) |
u248967 |
949 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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33039001083665 |
903 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT C, LDC (RLIN) |
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16692 |