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How to grow a human : (Record no. 75923)

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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION
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015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
National bibliography number GBB944645
Source bnb
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780008331771
Qualifying information hardback
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780008331788
Qualifying information trade paperback
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency StDuBDS
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency StDuBDS
Modifying agency Uk
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Description conventions rda
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 660.65
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ball, Philip,
Dates associated with a name 1962-
Relator term author.
9 (RLIN) 62860
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title How to grow a human :
Remainder of title adventures in who we are and how we are made /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Philip Ball.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture London :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer William Collins,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2019.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 372 pages :
Other physical details illustrations (black and white)
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content type term text
Source rdacontent
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term unmediated
Source rdamedia
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term volume
Source rdacarrier
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note My brain in a dish -- Pieces of life : cells past and present -- Body building : growing humans the old fashioned way -- The human superorganism : how cells became communities -- Immortal flesh : how tissues were grown outside the body -- Heroes and villains : cancer, immunity and our cellular ecosystem -- Twists of fate : how to reprogramme a cell -- The spare parts factory : making tissues and organs from reprogrammed cells -- Flesh of my flesh : questioning the future of sex and reproduction -- Hideous progeny? The futures of growing humans -- Philosophy of the lonely mind : can a brain exist in a dish? -- Return of the meatware : coming to terms with our fleshy selves.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Self.
9 (RLIN) 60661
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Tissue culture
General subdivision Popular works.
9 (RLIN) 121174
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Human evolution
General subdivision Popular works.
9 (RLIN) 121172
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Bioengineering
General subdivision Popular works.
9 (RLIN) 121173
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Book
Suppress in OPAC Do not suppress in OPAC
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type
        House of Lords Library - Palace House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey 06/08/2019 3 16.80   660.65 BAL 017710 06/08/2019 20.00 06/08/2019 Book

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