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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 51.10