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Paperback. In its Second Edition, this complete guide to buying and using a low-cost amateur astronomical telescope updates computer controls, digital cameras, dropping prices and rising quality of devices. Offers reviews and test reports on available budget telescopes. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 165 pages, 63 black & white illustrations, 48 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 10. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461421603
- ISBN
- 9781461421603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.01
€ 47.01
Paperback. Make: High-Power Rockets is for all the science geeks who look at the moon and try to figure out where Neil Armstrong walked, watch in awe as rockets lift off, and want to fly their own model rockets. Starting with an overview of mid- and high-power rocketry, readers will start out making rockets with F and G engines, and move on up to H engines. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- O´Reilly Media United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781457182976
- ISBN
- 9781457182976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.59
€ 36.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. Loved by Jon Stewart (The Daily Showon Channel 4), lavishly praised by Entertainment Weekly, profiled in The New York Times Science section, and reprinted four times, Mike Mullane's laugh-out-loud, attention-grabbing memoir about his life as an astronaut is finally available in paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pp b-w insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743276832
- ISBN
- 9780743276832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.82
€ 22.82
Paperback. The extraordinary and inspirational story of US astronaut Mike Massimino Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp colour photographs. BIC Classification: BGTA; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471149542
- ISBN
- 9781471149542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Inglis, Mike. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, 115 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319186771
- ISBN
- 9783319186771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.72
€ 59.72
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939149664
- ISBN
- 9781939149664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.63
€ 29.99
€ 27.63
Paperback. Imagine a future where we are not alone - where our universe is just one of countless parallel worlds, some strangely familiar, some almost unimaginable. This title takes us to the frontiers of scientific knowledge to explain the nature - and future - of our universe. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141014630
- ISBN
- 9780141014630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319539393
- ISBN
- 9783319539393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.25
€ 59.25
A stunning, unprecedented collection of photographs and essays that goes behind the scenes at NASA. Num Pages: 352 pages, 381 4-c photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 301 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2420.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476738321
- ISBN
- 9781476738321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.26
€ 50.26
Paperback. This book duplicates historic discoveries in astronomy, from the Moon's Tycho crater, through Galileo's observation of Jupiter's moons and outward to nebulae, stars and galaxies. Shows where each object is and how best to observe it with simple equipment. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 318 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, 83 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461467991
- ISBN
- 9781461467991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.54
€ 49.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 107 x 6. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894959285
- ISBN
- 9781894959285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
hardcover. This reference atlas showcases around 250 beautiful galaxies within an amateur astronomer's reach and uses them to explain current astrophysical research. Translator(s): Helbig, Phillip. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 232. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107189485
- ISBN
- 9781107189485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.37
€ 54.37
Paperback. From prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid nineteenth century, this title offers an introduction to the history of Western astronomy. It focuses on topics as the merging of Babylonian and Greek astronomy in later Antiquity, Kepler's conversion of astronomy into a branch of dynamics, and the explorations of the universe. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 black and white. BIC Classification: PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192803061
- ISBN
- 9780192803061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Launched in 2001, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) reported its results two years later with a set of observations that added focus, detail, and insight to our fuzzy view of the cosmos. This work tells the story of WMAP and its revelations. It is both a personal and a scientific tale of discovery. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: PGK; PHVB; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122427
- ISBN
- 9780691122427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. This star guide helps amateur astronomers advance from easily observed objects to more difficult targets, and includes detailed descriptions of each class of object. The revised edition offers new chapters on Transient Objects and Naked-Eye Deep Sky Objects. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 261 pages, 59 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461412656
- ISBN
- 9781461412656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.68
€ 55.68
Hardback. This stunningly illustrated book describes how NASA is planning a seventh landing on the Moon. The book reveals the very latest strategies for how we'll get to the Moon, what we know today, what we want to find out, and what life on the Moon will be like. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 75 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PGG; TTDS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387938806
- ISBN
- 9780387938806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.50
€ 41.99
€ 37.50
Paperback. Astronomer Royal Martin Rees shows how the behaviour and origins of the universe can be explained by just six numbers. Series: Science Masters. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PGK; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780226903
- ISBN
- 9781780226903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
paperback. Provides an annual astronomy review suitable for the popular science-level reader. This title covers the year's astronomical news on topics beyond the Solar System, placing them in the context of the longer-term goals of astronomers and astrophysicists around the world. It includes web links for all major news stories. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Praxis United States
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387716749
- ISBN
- 9780387716749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.18
€ 33.99
€ 29.18
Paperback. This book presents the ultimate biography of one of the world's most famous amateur astronomers, Sir Patrick Moore. It discusses all aspects of his life and work, from his childhood and RAF service to his astronomical observations and his many publications. Num Pages: 681 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BGT; PG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319006086
- ISBN
- 9783319006086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 52.46
€ 53.37
€ 52.46
Paperback. Offers a road map of modern astronomy. This book discusses equipment including: computer-driven telescopes, CCD cameras, and imaging processing software. It offers an overview of various scientific projects by serious amateurs. It provides basic formulas and technical terms without formal derivations. It includes an appendix with references. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 229 pages, 222 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 240 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852336639
- ISBN
- 9781852336639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.53
€ 41.99
€ 34.53