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02904cam a2200349 i 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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ocm1330195961 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
control field |
OCoLC |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20231207141905.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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220615t20232023njuaf b 001 0 eng d |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2022948596 |
019 ## - |
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1373739976 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0691198608 |
Qualifying information |
(hbk) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780691198606 |
Qualifying information |
(hbk) |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)1330195961 |
Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1373739976 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
YDX |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Description conventions |
rda |
Transcribing agency |
YDX |
Modifying agency |
BDX |
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UKMGB |
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OCLCQ |
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WIM |
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OCLCF |
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IHY |
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OCO |
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VP@ |
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USD |
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NMW |
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MiTN |
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
QH546 |
Item number |
.S86 2023 |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
578.4 |
Edition number |
23 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Sun, Lixing, |
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
The liars of nature and the nature of liars : |
Remainder of title |
cheating and deception in the living world / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Lixing Sun. |
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Princeton, New Jersey : |
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Princeton University Press, |
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2023] |
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
©2023. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
vii, 269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates |
Other physical details |
illustrations (some color) ; |
Dimensions |
25 cm. |
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
Content type term |
still image |
Content type code |
sti |
Source |
rdacontent. |
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
Content type term |
text |
Content type code |
txt |
Source |
rdacontent. |
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
Media type term |
unmediated |
Media type code |
n |
Source |
rdamedia. |
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
Carrier type term |
volume |
Carrier type code |
nc |
Source |
rdacarrier. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-259) and index. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Liar, liar, everywhere -- Hacks and suckers in communication -- Nature's eavesdroppers, impostors, and con artists -- Infidelity and the rise of honesty -- Catalyst for innovation -- Cheating in humans -- Liars who lie to themselves -- Living with lies and deception. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
"A natural history of cheating from selfish genes to lying politicians. Nature is rife with cheating. Possums play possum, feigning death to cheat predators. Crows cry wolf to scare off rivals. Amphibians and reptiles are inveterate impostors. Even genes and cells cheat. The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars explores the evolution of cheating in the natural world, revealing how dishonesty has given rise to wondrous diversity. Blending cutting-edge science with a wealth of illuminating examples--from microscopic organisms to highly intelligent birds and mammals--Lixing Sun shows how cheating in nature relies on two basic rules. One is lying, by which cheaters exploit honest messages in communication signals and use them to serve their own interests. The other is deceiving, by which cheaters exploit the biases and loopholes in the sensory systems of other creatures. Sun demonstrates that cheating serves as a potent catalyst in the evolutionary arms race between the cheating and the cheated, resulting in a biological world teeming with complexity and beauty. Brimming with insight and humor, The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars also looks at the prevalence of cheating in human society, identifying the kinds of cheating that spur innovation and cultural vitality and laying down a blueprint for combatting malicious cheating such as fake news and disinformation."-- |
Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Adaptation (Biology) |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Deception. |