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02226pam a2200325 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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zzv052 b2427560 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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DLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20250109090014.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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210909s2022 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2021038188 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781324003779 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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CPL |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
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IMmBT |
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NjBwBT |
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MiTN |
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UtOrBLW |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
GV1312 |
| Item number |
.R643 2022 |
| 099 ## - LOCAL FREE-TEXT CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
794 ROE |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Roeder, Oliver, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Seven games : |
| Remainder of title |
a human history / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Oliver Roeder. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York, N.Y. : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
W.W. Norton & Company, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2022] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
306 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
| Content type code |
txt |
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rdacontent. |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
| Media type code |
n |
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rdamedia. |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-296) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Prologue -- Introduction -- Checkers -- Chess -- Go -- Backgammon -- Poker -- Scrabble -- Bridge -- Epilogue. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why-and how-we play them. Checkers, Backgammon, Chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and Bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the behavioral design that make them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors, such as evangelical minister Marion Tinsley, who across forty years lost only three games of checkers; Shusai the Master, the last Go champion of Imperial Japan, defending tradition against "modern rationalism"; and an IBM engineer who created a backgammon program so capable at self-learning that NASA used it on the Space Shuttle. Throughout, Roeder tells the compelling story of how humans, pursuing scientific glory and competitive advantage, have invented AI programs better than any human player, and what that means for the games-and for us. Funny, fascinating and profound, Seven Games is a story of obsession, psychology, history, and how play makes us human"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Board games |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Card games |
| General subdivision |
History. |