The invisible man (Record no. 39025)
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| fixed length control field | 01789nam a22002537a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 8179660397 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823.912 |
| Item number | WEL/T |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Wells, H.G. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The invisible man |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Chennai |
| Name of publisher | Emerald |
| Year of publication | 2004 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 126p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Abridged by N.K. Seshan |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and who invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light. He carries out this procedure on himself and renders himself invisible, but fails in his attempt to reverse it. A practitioner of random and irresponsible violence, Griffin has become an iconic character in horror fiction.<br/>He was an egocentric and he judged everything only in relation to himself. He would grab anything he needed and destroy, without the least hesitation, anybody who stood in his way. The misadventures of this maniac have been woven into a wonderful narrative by H.G. Wells.<br/>Scientific knowledge devoid of a sense of social responsibility can only be destructive. Science is a powerful weapon and those who wield it must be balanced, sane and responsible in order to use that weapon for the benefit of mankind; science in the hands of maniacs who can think only in terms of personal power is bound to be ruinous to themselves and to society. This seems to be the message of this brilliant work in science fiction. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | English fiction |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Time travel |
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| Topical Term | Science fiction |
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| Topical Term | Scientists |
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| Topical Term | Time machine (Wells, H.G.) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Science fiction, English |
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| Topical Term | Dystopias |
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| Topical Term | Mentally ill |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Self-experimentation in medicine |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Damaged status | Collection code | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 08/04/2016 | 30.00 | 823.912 WEL/T | 40162 | BK | |
| Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 08/04/2016 | 30.00 | 823.912 WEL/T | 40161 | BK |