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000 -LEADER |
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01969cam a2200289Ii 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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zzv143 b1689705 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20220211102451.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
fixed length control field |
200109s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng d |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0465094902 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780465094905 |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)1135349828 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
GCmBT |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Description conventions |
rda |
Transcribing agency |
PNX |
Modifying agency |
OCLCO |
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OCO |
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IH9 |
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IEP |
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EHD |
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rs012120 |
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MiTN |
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
GN281.4 .V56 |
Item number |
V563 2020 |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
599.93/8 |
Edition number |
23 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Vince, Gaia, |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Transcendence : |
Remainder of title |
how humans evolved through fire, language, beauty, and time / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Gaia Vince. |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
First edition. |
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Basic Books, |
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2020. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
viii, 335 pages ; |
Dimensions |
25 cm. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Genesis: Conception -- Birth -- Fire: Landscaping -- Brain building -- Cultural levers -- Word: Story -- Language -- Telling -- Beauty: Belonging -- Trinkets and treasures -- Builders -- Time: Timekeepers -- Reason -- Homni. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
What enabled us to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? Readers of Sapiens will say a cognitive revolution -- a dramatic evolutionary change that altered our brains, turning primitive humans into modern ones -- caused a cultural explosion. In Transcendence, Gaia Vince argues instead that modern humans are the product of a nuanced coevolution of our genes, environment, and culture that goes back into deep time. She explains how, through four key elements -- fire, language, beauty, and time -- our species diverged from the evolutionary path of all other animals, unleashing a compounding process that launched us into the Space Age and beyond. Provocative and poetic, Transcendence shows how a primate took dominion over nature and turned itself into something marvelous. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Evolutionary psychology. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Human evolution. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Social history. |