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02609mam a2200373 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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1449575 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20030429104925.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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930617s1994 enk 000 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
93011579 |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
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| National bibliography number |
GB94-18961 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0521440106 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)ocm28424370 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
NCRA |
| Transcribing agency |
NCRA |
| Modifying agency |
NCRA |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QR100.9 |
| Item number |
.P67 1994 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
576 |
| Edition number |
20 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Postgate, J. R. |
| Fuller form of name |
(John Raymond) |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4866 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The outer reaches of life / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
John Postgate. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Cambridge : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1994. |
| 263 ## - PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE |
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| Projected publication date |
9404 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
ix, 276 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
1. Microbes and terrestrial life -- 2. Some like it hot -- 3. Cool, man, cool -- 4. The big squeeze -- 5. A salty tale -- 6. Corrosive and slippery places -- 7. Life without oxygen -- 8. Living on minerals -- 9. Exotic menus -- 10. Of wraiths and ghosts -- 11. The inertness of nitrogen -- 12. Getting about -- 13. Microsenses -- 14. A private space -- 15. Company -- 16. Immortality and the Big Sleep -- 17. Self-adjustment -- 18. Life's outer reaches. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Since the dawn of life on Earth, the world has been gradually transformed by living things into a comfortable home for plants, animals and ourselves. But many harsh and seemingly inhospitable places remain, and it is the inhabitants of such places, mainly invisible microbes, that reveal the remarkable potential and resilience of life itself. How do microbes survive, even flourish, in superheated water or supercooled brine; at enormous pressures; without air; amid poisons? |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
And what part do, and did, they all play in making the Earth hospitable? |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
In this fascinating account, for lay readers, John Postgate, one of Britain's leading microbiologists, tells of the diverse adjustments microbes have made to apparently impossible habitats. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Modern understanding provides new clues to the origin and evolution of terrestrial life, offers glimpses of how life might have established itself elsewhere in the universe, and raises profound questions about death, sensation and individuality - as well as illustrating the often muddled pathways of scientific progress. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Extreme environments |
| General subdivision |
Microbiology. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4867 |
| 653 0# - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED |
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| Uncontrolled term |
Microorganisms |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Books |