About the size of it / (Record no. 31861)
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fixed length control field | 01452cam a2200229 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
control field | 31861 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
control field | OSt |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
control field | 20240330080828.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
fixed length control field | 240330b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780330450300 (pbk.) |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | CAIRNS Warwick |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | About the size of it / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Warwick Cairns. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Macmillan , |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 155 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
General note | The common sense approach to measuring things. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | About the Size of It is a serious, but seriously funny book about measuring things. Readers will find out why an old Wellington boot is as important an instrument of spatial awareness as was ever invented; why a space shuttle's fuel tank has more to do with a horse's rump than rocket science; and why how tired your ox gets, how much water it takes to drown you, and how much you can hold in one hand while doing something else are all essential principles that explain how man has balanced and judged his world since the dawn of time. In part a case for the continued use of traditional measures, this book also celebrates the richness and commonality of systems from around the world, and how they were formed by the one guiding principle of measurement no one ever mentions: that most of us have better things to think about. |
598 ## - BULLETIN HEADING | |
Bulletin Heading | WEIGHT AND MEASURES |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | MEASUREMENTS |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | WEIGHT AND MEASURES |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type | Book |
945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) | |
i | 49219-1001 |
r | Y |
s | Y |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | Mindef Library & Info Centre | Mindef Library & Info Centre | On-Shelf | 21/06/2016 | 1 | 530.8 CAI | 49219-1001 | 28/10/2022 | 1 | 03/01/2024 | Book |