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Astronomy, space & time

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Astronomy, space & time

Hardback. The subjects of general relativity and cosmology have grown significantly in different directions during the 1990s. This volume highlights and reviews current developments in these fields. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PG; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 715.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792344780
ISBN
9780792344780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.97

hardcover. Presents a unified treatment of three important integrable problems relevant to both Celestial and Quantum Mechanics. This title is suitable for graduate students in mathematics and physics (including physical chemistry) and researchers concerned with the general areas of dynamical systems, statistical mechanics, and mathematical physics. Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 244 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2008th Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817640965
ISBN
9780817640965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.94

Hardback. Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Cargese, France, July 18-30, 1994 Editor(s): Liesen, Dieter. Series: NATO Science Series B. Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 2090.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306451140
ISBN
9780306451140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 204.00

Paperback. Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Cargese, France, July 18-30, 1994 Editor(s): Liesen, Dieter. Series: NATO Science Series B. Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHM; PHVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9781489914149
ISBN
9781489914149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 188.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634633017
ISBN
9781634633017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.92
€ 112.30

Hardcover. A stimulating introduction for undergraduates in astronomy, physics and mathematics, this second edition contains two new chapters and new exercises. Num Pages: 327 pages, 23 b/w illus. 50 exercises. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 185 x 20. Weight in Grams: 796. 330 pages, 23 b/w illus. 50 exercises. A stimulating introduction for undergraduates in astronomy, physics and mathematics, this second edition contains two new chapters and new exercises. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PG. Dimension: 255 x 185 x 20. Weight: 744.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
327
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521866040
ISBN
9780521866040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.53

Paperback. Exploring the decisive steps taken by Anaximander of Miletus, this book details the transition from the archaic cosmological world-picture of a flat earth with a celestial vault to the Western world-picture of a free floating earth in an infinite universe. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 black & white tables, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461428404
ISBN
9781461428404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.41

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349501557
ISBN
9781349501557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.20

Hardcover. In the nineteenth century the beauty of the night sky is the source of both imaginative wonder in poetry and political and commercial power through navigation. The Romantic Imagination and Astronomy examines the impact of astronomical discovery and imperial exploration on poets including Barbauld, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Rossetti. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137474339
ISBN
9781137474339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.83

Paperback. This guide not only tabulates positions but also explains the orbital mechanics that dictate how the planets and stars move as observed from Earth. It places seemingly disparate astronomical events into an understandable three-dimensional structure. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 51 black & white illustrations, 25 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 10. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493906284
ISBN
9781493906284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 634 pages, 199figs. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 245 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1058.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
634
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226109534
ISBN
9780226109534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.58
€ 47.40

Hardback. Thoroughly revised and expanded throughout, the new edition is a graduate-level text and reference book on gaseous nebulae, nova and supernova remnants. Much of the new data and new images are from the Hubble Space Telescope with two wholly new chapters being added along with other new features. Num Pages: 650 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Publisher
University Science Books,U.S.
Number of pages
650
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781891389344
ISBN
9781891389344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.85

Paperback. A centennial study of Yerkes Observatory, built a century ago by the University of Chicago as one of America's first big science centres. This text describes the changing fortunes of the Observatory under its first three directors, and is illustrated with many archival photographs. Num Pages: 394 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226639468
ISBN
9780226639468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.55

Hardback. Presenting a compendium of topics on and related to the large-scale structure of the Universe, this work includes galaxy luminosity functions and their dependence upon environment and galaxy type; clustering of galaxies; evolution of the clustering of galaxies; rich clusters of galaxies; and superclusters of galaxies. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 441 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
441
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792350743
ISBN
9780792350743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.68

Paperback. This book explores intriguing cases in which astronomy has been used as a tool to solve mysteries from art, history, and literature. It clearly explains astronomical concepts with non-technical language and defines terms as needed for wide readership. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy. Num Pages: 355 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 113 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 16. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461484028
ISBN
9781461484028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, viii, 264 p. BIC Classification: HPC; HPL; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226752938
ISBN
9780226752938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. A brilliant theoretical physicist argues that the solution to the ultimate question in science: how to unify Einstein's theory of general relativity with quantum mechanics, is possible only if we abolish time from the foundations of the universe. In other words, despite our deepest intuitions, time does not exist. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: PD; PGK; PGZ; PHQ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753810200
ISBN
9780753810200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
227
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461453536
ISBN
9781461453536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.57

Paperback. Based on a serious scientific project, this volume cuts through the hysteria to analyze how we might deal with potentially lethal impact threats by deflection, redirection, or destruction. It also explores potentially beneficial spin-off technologies. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 308 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 115 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; TRP; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461487487
ISBN
9781461487487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.58

Paperback. Durham and Purrington approach the history of the universe by exploring the frontiers of physics, while maintaining a long-standing interest in astronomy and cosmology. They stress that man can not fully understand himself until he understands the universe, of which he is a part.

Num Pages: 284 pages, Illustrations, facsims.,ports. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231053938
ISBN
9780231053938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.10

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