MARC details
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04221cim a22003014a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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UPMIN-00004247644 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20221013143330.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1565859294 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QH308.2 |
| Item number |
B56 2004 |
| 090 #0 - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (RLIN) |
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| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) |
QH308.2 |
| Local cutter number (OCLC) ; Book number/undivided call number, CALL (RLIN) |
B56 2004 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Nowicki, Stephen, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1955- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Biology: |
| Remainder of title |
the science of life. |
| 246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Biology, the science of life |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Science of life |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Chantilly, VA, : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Teaching Co., |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
[2004] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
36 sound discs (ca. 2160 min.) : |
| Other physical details |
digital ; |
| Dimensions |
4 3/4 in. + |
| Accompanying material |
6 course guidebooks (22 cm.) |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
The great courses |
| 511 0# - PARTICIPANT OR PERFORMER NOTE |
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| Participant or performer note |
Stephen Nowicki, Duke University, lecturer. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Compact discs. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Teaching Co.: 1500 (PC1500-01--PC150006). |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Professor Nowicki provides the background and guidance needed for the curious listener to explore in depth the fundamental principles of how living things work. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
lecture 1. The scope of "life" -- lecture 2. More on the origin of life -- lecture 3. The organism and the cell -- lecture 4. Proteins, how things get done in the cell -- lecture 5. Which molecule holds the code? -- lecture 6. The double helix -- lecture 7. The nuts and bolts of replicating DNA -- lecture 8. The central dogma -- leture 9. The genetic code -- lecture 10. From DNA to RNA -- lecture 11. From RNA to protein -- lecture 12. When mistakes happen -- lecture 13. Dividing DNA between dividing cells -- lecture 14. Mendel and his pea plants -- lecture 15. How sex leads to variation -- lecture 16. Genes and chromosomes -- lecture 17. Charles Darwin and "The origin of species" -- lecture 18. Natural selection in action -- lecture 19. Reconciling Darwin and Mendel -- lecture 20. Mechanisms of evolutionary change -- lecture 21. What are species and how do new ones arise? -- lecture 22. More on the origin of new species -- lecture 23. Reconstructing evolution -- lecture 24. The history of life, revisited -- lecture 25. From cells to organisms -- lecture 26. Control of gene expression I -- lecture 27. Control of gene expession II -- lecture 28. Getting proteins to the right place -- lecture 29. Genetic engineering and biotechnology -- lecture 30. How cells talk, signals and receptors -- lecture 31. How cells talk, ways that cells respond -- lecture 32. From one cell to many in an organism -- lecture 33. Patterns of early development -- lecture 34. Determination and differentiation -- lecture 35. Induction and pattern formation -- lecture 36. Genes and development -- lecture 37. Homeostasis -- lecture 38. Hormones in animals -- lecture 39. What is special about neurons? -- lecture 40. Action potentials and synapses -- lecture 41. Synaptic integration and memory -- lecture 42. Sensory function -- lecture 43. How muscles work -- lecture 44. The innate immune system -- lecture 45. The acquired immune system -- lecture 46. Form and function in plants I -- lecture 47. Form and function in plants II -- lecture 48. Behavior as an adaptive trait -- lecture 49. Energy and resources in living systems -- lecture 50. How energy is harnessed by cells -- lecture 51. Enzymes, making chemistry work in cells -- lecture 52. Cellular currencies of energy -- lecture 53. Making ATP, glycolysis -- lecture 54. Making ATP, cellular respiration -- lecture 55. Making ATP, the chemiosmotic theory -- lecture 56. Capturing energy from sunlight -- lecture 57. The reactions of photosynthesis -- lecture 58. Resources and life histories -- lecture 59. The structure of populations -- lecture 60. Population growth -- lecture 61. What limits population growth? -- lecture 62. Costs and benefits of behavior -- lecture 63. Altruism and mate selection -- lecture 64. Ecological interactions among species -- lecture 65. Predators and competitors -- lecture 66. Competition and the ecological niche -- lecture 67. Energy in ecosystems -- lecture 68. Nutrients in ecosystems -- lecture 69. How predictable are ecological communities? -- lecture 70. Biogeography -- lecture 71. Human population growth -- lecture 72. The human asteroid. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Biology. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Teaching Company. |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
Great courses (Compact disc) |
