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001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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ocm35235302 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20160608160509.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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960729s1997 nyuab b 001 0 eng |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
96034252 |
016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER |
Record control number |
9704102 |
Source |
DNLM |
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Record control number |
96931809X |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0679451145 |
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International Standard Book Number |
9780679451143 |
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International Standard Book Number |
0676970354 |
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International Standard Book Number |
9780676970357 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
Transcribing agency |
DLC |
Modifying agency |
VPL |
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C#P |
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VET |
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NLM |
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NLC |
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BAKER |
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NLGGC |
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BTCTA |
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YDXCP |
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UBC |
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LTU |
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CSU |
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
poci--- |
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pogu--- |
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
RE921 |
Item number |
.S23 1997 |
055 01 - CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS ASSIGNED IN CANADA |
Classification number |
RE921 |
060 00 - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
1997 B-628 |
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Classification number |
WZ 100 |
Item number |
S1216 1997 |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
617.7/59/09966 |
Edition number |
20 |
084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
44.73 |
Source of number |
bcl |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Sacks, Oliver W. |
9 (RLIN) |
18976 |
240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
Uniform title |
<a href="Island of the colorblind">Island of the colorblind</a> |
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
The island of the colorblind ; |
Remainder of title |
and, Cycad island / |
246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
Title proper/short title |
Island of the colorblind ; and Cycad island |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
1st ed. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
A.A. Knopf : |
-- |
Distributed by Random House, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1997. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xv, 298 p. : |
Other physical details |
ill., maps (some col.) ; |
Dimensions |
22 cm. |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
Colored maps on endpapers. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-280) and index. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Book one, The island of the colour-blind -- Book two, Cycad Island. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
Oliver Sacks has always been fascinated by islands - their remoteness, their mystery, above all the unique forms of life they harbor. For him, islands conjure up equally the romance of Melville and Stevenson, the adventure of Magellan and Cook, and the scientific wonder of Darwin and Wallace. Drawn to the tiny Pacific atoll of Pingelap by intriguing reports of an isolated community of islanders born totally colorblind, Sacks finds himself setting up a clinic in a one-room island dispensary, where he listens to these achromatopic islanders describe their colorless world in rich terms of pattern and tone, luminance and shadow. And on Guam, where he goes to investigate the puzzling neurodegenerative paralysis endemic there for a century, he becomes, for a brief time, an island neurologist, making house calls with his colleague John Steele, amid crowing cockerels, cycad jungles, and the remains of a colonial culture. The islands reawaken Sacks' lifelong passion for botany - in particular, for the primitive cycad trees, whose existence dates back to the Paleozoic - and the cycads are the starting point for an intensely personal reflection on the meaning of islands, the dissemination of species, the genesis of disease, and the nature of deep geologic time. Out of an unexpected journey, Sacks has woven an unforgettable narrative which immerses us in the romance of island life, and shares his own compelling vision of the complexities of being human. |
600 16 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Sacks, Oliver, |
Dates associated with a name |
1933- |
General subdivision |
Voyages |
Geographic subdivision |
Pingelap (Micron�esie : �Ile) |
9 (RLIN) |
19031 |
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Personal name |
Sacks, Oliver, |
Dates associated with a name |
1933- |
General subdivision |
Voyages |
Geographic subdivision |
Guam. |
9 (RLIN) |
19032 |
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Personal name |
Sacks, Oliver W. |
9 (RLIN) |
18976 |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Color blindness |
Geographic subdivision |
Caroline Islands. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Parkinson's disease |
Geographic subdivision |
Guam. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Dementia |
Geographic subdivision |
Guam. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
Geographic subdivision |
Guam. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Chamorro (Micronesian people) |
General subdivision |
Diseases. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Pingelap (Micronesian people) |
General subdivision |
Diseases. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Cycads |
Geographic subdivision |
Guam. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Medical anthropology |
Geographic subdivision |
Micronesia. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Achromatopsie |
Geographic subdivision |
Pingelap (Micron�esie : �Ile) |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nerveux, Syst�eme |
General subdivision |
D�eg�en�erescence |
Geographic subdivision |
Guam. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Paralysie |
Geographic subdivision |
Guam. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Neurobiologie. |
Source of heading or term |
gtt |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Kleurenblindheid. |
Source of heading or term |
gtt |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Physicians |
Form subdivision |
Autobiography. |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Travel |
Form subdivision |
Autobiography. |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Micronesia |
General subdivision |
Description and travel. |
9 (RLIN) |
19048 |
700 12 - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Sacks, Oliver W. |
Title of a work |
Cycad island. |
9 (RLIN) |
19049 |
740 02 - ADDED ENTRY--UNCONTROLLED RELATED/ANALYTICAL TITLE |
Uncontrolled related/analytical title |
Cycad island. |
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Materials specified |
Contributor biographical information |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random057/96034252.html">http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random057/96034252.html</a> |
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Materials specified |
Sample text |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random044/96034252.html">http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random044/96034252.html</a> |
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Materials specified |
Publisher description |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0410/96034252.html">http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0410/96034252.html</a> |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type |
NF |