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Thing explainer : (Record no. 43028)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 03426cam a2200385 i 4500
001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 9781473620919
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field AE-DuAU
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20241127175627.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 150720s2015 enkab 000|0|eng|d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781473620919
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1473620910
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency StDuBDS
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency StDuBDS
Description conventions rda
050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number T47
Item number .M86 2015
050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number Q173
Item number .M964 2015
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code TEC
Source ukslc
090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) Q 173 .M964 2015
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Munroe, Randall,
Relator term author.
9 (RLIN) 7990
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Thing explainer :
Remainder of title complicated stuff in simple words /
Statement of responsibility, etc Randall Munroe.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture London :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer John Murray,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture 2015.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 61 pages (some folded) :
Other physical details illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ;
Dimensions 34 cm +
Accompanying material 1 poster (folded)
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content Type Term text
Source rdacontent
Content Type Code txt
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content Type Term still image
Source rdacontent
Content Type Code txt
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content Type Term cartographic image
Source rdacontent
Content Type Code txt
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media Type Term unmediated
Source rdamedia
Media Type Code n
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier Type Term volume
Source rdacarrier
Carrier Type Code nc
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier Type Term sheet
Source rdacarrier
Carrier Type Code nc
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Page before the book starts : introduction -- Shared space house : International Space Station -- Tiny bags of water you’re made of : animal cell -- Heavy metal power building : nuclear reactor -- Red world space car : Curiosity Rover -- Bags of stuff inside you : human torso -- Boxes that make clothes smell better : washing machine and dryer -- Earth’s surface : physical map of the earth -- Under a car’s front cover : car engine -- Sky boat with turning wings : helicopter -- The US’s laws of the land : US Constitution -- The US’s Laws of the Land : USS Constitution -- Food-heating radio box : microwave -- Shape checker : padlock -- Lifting room : elevator -- Boat that goes under the sea : submarine -- Box that cleans food holders : dishwasher -- Big flat rocks we live on : tectonic plates -- Cloud maps : weather maps -- Tree : tree -- Machine for burning cities : nuclear bomb -- Water room : toilet and sink -- Computer building : data center -- US Space Team’s Up Goer Five : Saturn V rocket -- Sky boat pusher : jet engine -- Stuff you touch to fly a sky boat : cockpit -- Big tiny thing hitter : large Hadron Collider -- Power boxes : batteries -- Hole-making city boat : oil rig -- Stuff in the earth we can burn : mines -- Tall roads : bridges -- Bending computer : laptop -- Worlds around the sun : solar system -- Picture taker : camera -- Writing sticks : pen and pencil -- Hand computer : smart phone -- Colors of light : electromagnetic spectrum -- The sky at night : night sky -- The pieces everything is made of : periodic table -- Our star : sun -- How to count things : units of measurement -- Room for helping people : hospital bed -- Playing fields : athletic fields -- Earth’s past : geologic periods of earth -- Tree of life : life’s family tree -- The ten hundred words people use the most : the ten hundred most common words in our language -- Sky toucher : skyscraper.
520 00 - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc The creator of the webcomic "xkcd" uses line drawings and just ten hundred common words to provide simple explanations for how things work, including microwaves, bridges, tectonic plates, the solar system, the periodic table, helicopters, and other essential concepts.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Science
Form subdivision Miscellanea.
9 (RLIN) 7991
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Technology
Form subdivision Miscellanea.
9 (RLIN) 7991
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Technology
Form subdivision Pictorial works.
9 (RLIN) 7992
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Technology.
Source of heading or term ukslc
9 (RLIN) 7993
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Item type Books
907 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT G, LDG (RLIN)
a 43028
Holdings
Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type Public note
  Library of Congress Classification     Non-fiction American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection 2016-10-11 Oasis Proquest 111.00   Q 173 .M964 2015 5162003 2019-05-24 2016-10-11 Books weeded aug 2023 - ivy
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