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on1285369690 |
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OCoLC |
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20220331100016.0 |
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210916t20222022nyua e b 000 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2021044938 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
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DLC |
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OCLCF |
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OCLCO |
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RNL |
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HBP |
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YDX |
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BDX |
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TOH |
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ZGX |
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OCO |
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QX7 |
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OCLCO |
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ILC |
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NFG |
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1246145557 |
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1285370757 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780374601621 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0374601623 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1285369690 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1246145557 |
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(OCoLC)1285370757 |
| 041 1# - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| Language code of original and/or intermediate translations of text |
ita |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
411.09 |
| Item number |
F374 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ferrara, Silvia, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
<a href="Grande invenzione.">Grande invenzione.</a> |
| Language of a work |
English |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The greatest invention : |
| Remainder of title |
a history of the world in nine mysterious scripts / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Silvia Ferrara ; translated from the Italian by Todd Portnowitz. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First American edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2022. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
©2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
viii, 289 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289). |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"Originally published in Italian in 2019 ... as La grande invenzione ... English translation published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux First American edition 2022" -- verso. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Behind the scenes. Stories ; Nature -- Undeciphered scripts. Islands. Crete ; Cyprus ; Easter Island -- Invented scripts. Cities ; Before the Pharaohs ; Between two rivers ; Chinese turtles ; Across the ocean ; End of story -- Experiments. Tradition ; Solitary inventors ; Isolated branches ; Social inventors -- Discoveries. Where to begin ; How to decipher -- The great vision. First ; Afterward ; Tomorrow ; Postscriptum. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Silvia Ferrara leads a code cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention-the art of writing"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Ferrara takes a profound look at how-- and how many times-- human beings have managed to produce the miracle of written language around the world. Readers will examine the enigmas of undeciphered scripts; study the turtle shells and ox scapulae that bear the earliest Chinese inscriptions, and venture to the cutting edge as high-powered laser scanners bring tears to an engineer's eyes. Ferrara chronicles a journey filled with past flashes of brilliance, present-day scientific research, and a faint glimpse of writing's future. -- adapted from jacket |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Writing |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
227522 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Inscriptions |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Extinct languages. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Portnowitz, Todd, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1986- |
| Relator term |
translator. |
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C0 |
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NFG |
