Skip to main content
Unplaced
Edit position
Edit position

No position recorded yet. Picking a shelf here sets the manual override.

A short history of biology
Diagnose this book
Open in Vernon Browser

A short history of biology

by Isaac Asimov

This volume traces the history of biological ideas, outlining the evolution of the discipline from its origins in ancient Greece to the modern rise of molecular biology.

Accession 8266 ISBN — Publisher Natural History Press
Book Images
Reference and live side by side Hover to see live images
Reference
A short history of biology spine
A short history of biology cover
Live
No live
No live
A short history of biology spine
No live
A short history of biology cover
No live
TAGS
Curated Derived
Biography Education Life Sciences Professions Science
CONNECTIONS
No connections
State
on_shelf
True
position_updated_at
never
orientation
unknown
Details

Physical

binding_type
Hard Back
dimensions
none captured
spine_text
none captured

Metadata

Book form
LOCATION HISTORY
No location history available for this book.
Vernon snapshot
View live

Frozen copy of Vernon's record from the last sync. Fields tagged → flow back into the Pulse record.

Last synced 2026-06-09 08:50 (1 day, 5 hours ago)

Identity

name→ title
A short history of biology
vernon_id
12065
accession_no→ accession_number
8266
vernon_slug
a-short-history-of-biology-by-isaac-asimov

Drives Pulse state

curr_loc_status→ on_shelf
On Shelf
location_name
Cabinet E10/Study/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA
location_reason
On Shelf
isbn_issn→ isbn (when valid)
—

Descriptive

production_date
1964
object_type
Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
object_status
Accessioned
brief_description
A history of biology from the time of the Ancient Greeks to the 1960s.

Subjects & people

authors→ author (initial fill only)
Isaac Asimov
tags→ tags
Science, Life sciences, Evolution (Biology), Biology, Research, Science -- History, Scientists, Professions, Occupations, Discoveries in science
subject_people
—
subject_objects
—

Cover image

vernon_cover_image_id→ cover_image
26458

Raw Vernon JSON

click to inspect

The source payload behind the snapshot above.
Use ⌘F to search once expanded.
{7 keys}
"slug": "a-short-history-of-biology-by-isaac-asimov"
"opacObjectId": "12065"
"opacCollection": {1 keys}
"opacCollectionId": "1"
"imagesCollection": {2 keys}
"images": [1 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"imageId": "26458"
"cssColors": [4 items]
"[0]": {9 keys}
"hex": "000000"
"hue": 0
"rank": 1
"presence": 69.39
"colorName": "black"
"lightness": 0
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 0
"formattedColorName": "black"
"[1]": {9 keys}
"hex": "e9967a"
"hue": 15
"rank": 2
"presence": 9.93
"colorName": "darksalmon"
"lightness": 70
"colorGroup": "red"
"saturation": 72
"formattedColorName": "dark salmon"
"[2]": {9 keys}
"hex": "faf0e6"
"hue": 30
"rank": 3
"presence": 6.9
"colorName": "linen"
"lightness": 94
"colorGroup": "white"
"saturation": 67
"formattedColorName": "linen"
"[3]": {9 keys}
"hex": "a52a2a"
"hue": 0
"rank": 4
"presence": 13.24
"colorName": "brown"
"lightness": 41
"colorGroup": "brown"
"saturation": 59
"formattedColorName": "brown"
"rawColors": [7 items]
"[0]": {6 keys}
"hex": "421417"
"hue": 356
"rank": 1
"presence": 69.39
"lightness": 16
"saturation": 53
"[1]": {6 keys}
"hex": "dd6035"
"hue": 15
"rank": 2
"presence": 9.93
"lightness": 53
"saturation": 71
"[2]": {6 keys}
"hex": "f7efe7"
"hue": 30
"rank": 3
"presence": 6.9
"lightness": 93
"saturation": 50
"[3]": {6 keys}
"hex": "8a272c"
"hue": 356
"rank": 4
"presence": 13.24
"lightness": 34
"saturation": 55
"[4]": {6 keys}
"hex": "9c9487"
"hue": 37
"rank": 5
"presence": 0.08
"lightness": 57
"saturation": 9
"[5]": {6 keys}
"hex": "6d615d"
"hue": 15
"rank": 6
"presence": 0.44
"lightness": 39
"saturation": 7
"[6]": {6 keys}
"hex": "998484"
"hue": 0
"rank": 7
"presence": 0.01
"lightness": 55
"saturation": 9
"imageLabels": [10 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"count": 19418
"score": 82.14
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Font"
"imageLabelId": 12
"[1]": {5 keys}
"count": 541
"score": 80.09
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Red"
"imageLabelId": 398
"[2]": {5 keys}
"count": 19117
"score": 75.3
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Publication"
"imageLabelId": 23
"[3]": {5 keys}
"count": 12773
"score": 73.99
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Book cover"
"imageLabelId": 90
"[4]": {5 keys}
"count": 15258
"score": 73.89
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Book"
"imageLabelId": 67
"[5]": {5 keys}
"count": 5578
"score": 71.49
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Pattern"
"imageLabelId": 24
"[6]": {5 keys}
"count": 2193
"score": 66.02
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Magenta"
"imageLabelId": 30
"[7]": {5 keys}
"count": 2395
"score": 61.38
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Event"
"imageLabelId": 46
"[8]": {5 keys}
"count": 942
"score": 61.14
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Carmine"
"imageLabelId": 74
"[9]": {5 keys}
"count": 5795
"score": 60.02
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Graphic design"
"imageLabelId": 17
"imageDerivatives": [6 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/1397/13bab05c34b61732b9c5f339d1814ac08311c3ea.jpg"
"width": "535"
"height": "800"
"identifier": "LARGE"
"[1]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/1397/13bab05c34b61732b9c5f339d1814ac08311c3ea.jpg"
"width": "268"
"height": "400"
"identifier": "MEDIUM"
"[2]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/1397/13bab05c34b61732b9c5f339d1814ac08311c3ea.jpg"
"width": "23"
"height": "35"
"identifier": "NANO"
"[3]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/1397/13bab05c34b61732b9c5f339d1814ac08311c3ea.jpg"
"width": "100"
"height": "150"
"identifier": "SMALL"
"[4]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/1397/13bab05c34b61732b9c5f339d1814ac08311c3ea.jpg"
"width": "50"
"height": "75"
"identifier": "TINY"
"[5]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/1397/13bab05c34b61732b9c5f339d1814ac08311c3ea.jpg"
"width": "803"
"height": "1200"
"identifier": "XLARGE"
"totalImages": 1
"objectSearchScore": 1.3121914
"opacObjectFieldSets": [40 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "accession_no"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "8266"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "A short history of biology / by Isaac Asimov"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "title"
"value": "A short history of biology / by Isaac Asimov"
"[2]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "other_name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "artist_last_first"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Asimov, Isaac"
"[4]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "1964"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [2 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "earliest_date"
"value": "1964-01-01Z"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"key": "latest_date"
"value": "1964-12-31Z"
"[5]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[6]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "edition"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[7]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "brief_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "A history of biology from the time of the Ancient Greeks to the 1960s."
"[8]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "measure_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[9]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "credit_line"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[10]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "On Shelf"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "curr_loc_status:"On Shelf""
"[11]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "ob_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Accessioned"
"[12]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "lender"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[13]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_owner"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[14]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[15]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_start"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[16]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_expiry"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[17]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[18]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Cabinet E10/Study/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[19]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "object_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "object_type:"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication""
"[20]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "collection"
"opacObjectFields": [2 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Isaac Asimov Collection/Special Collections/Library"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "collection:"Isaac Asimov Collection/Special Collections/Library""
"[1]": {2 keys}
"value": "Signed Collection/Special Collections/Library"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "collection:"Signed Collection/Special Collections/Library""
"[21]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "New York/United States of America"
"[22]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_publisher"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Natural History Press"
"[23]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "physical_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [2 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "182 pages : illustrations ; 22cm."
"[1]": {1 keys}
"value": "Includes index."
"[24]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "language"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "English"
"[25]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "isbn_issn"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[26]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_1"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "ASI 570 ASI"
"[27]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "usual_loc_being"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Cabinet E10/Study/Level 1/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[28]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_class"
"opacObjectFields": [6 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Biology/Life sciences/Science"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Biology/Life sciences/Science""
"[1]": {2 keys}
"value": "Discoveries in science/Research"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Discoveries in science/Research""
"[2]": {2 keys}
"value": "Evolution (Biology)/Biology/Life sciences/Science"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Evolution (Biology)/Biology/Life sciences/Science""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"value": "Science"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Science""
"[4]": {2 keys}
"value": "Science -- History"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Science -- History""
"[5]": {2 keys}
"value": "Scientists/Professions/Occupations"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Scientists/Professions/Occupations""
"[29]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_date"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[30]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[31]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_period"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[32]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[33]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[34]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[35]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[36]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[37]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[38]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[39]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_9"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"relationshipsCollection": {2 keys}
"relationships": [1 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"relatedRecords": [1 items]
"[0]": {3 keys}
"slug": "isaac-asimov"
"title": "Isaac Asimov"
"relatedRecordId": "8429"
"relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person"
"relatedRecordType": "person"
"totalRelatedRecords": 1
"totalRelationships": 1
Topics and Themes