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Hardback. Powerfully evoking the unquenchable American spirit of exploration, award-winning photographer Dan Winters chronicles the final launches of Discovery, Endeavour, and Atlantis in this stunning photographic tribute to America's space shuttle program Num Pages: 90 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 311 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Firsttion ed.
- SKU
- V9780292739635
- ISBN
- 9780292739635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.91
€ 56.91
Hardback. Takes you on a tour of the Universe. En route, this title stops off to gaze at 100 amazing sights - from asteroids to zodiacal dust and from orbit around the Earth to beyond the most distant galaxies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 287 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Welbeck Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780978376
- ISBN
- 9781780978376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.07
€ 33.99
€ 23.07
Paperback. BIC Classification: VXFA; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 286. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0001835
- ISBN
- 9781842231746
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; JFSL9; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 114 x 4. Weight in Grams: 26.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- American Traveler Press United States
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935810790
- ISBN
- 9780935810790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
€ 6.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 95 color illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PHVB; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 265 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691157245
- ISBN
- 9780691157245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.14
€ 36.99
€ 32.14
Paperback. On 12th April 1981 NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from Florida on her maiden flight. She was the world's first real spaceship. On board were men with the Right Stuff. The Shuttle's Commander, moonwalker John Young, was already a veteran of five spaceflights. This book tells the complete story of the Space Shuttle. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TRP; TTDS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552160223
- ISBN
- 9780552160223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387004365
- ISBN
- 9780387004365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 45.88
€ 48.99
€ 45.88
Paperback. Over the years more than 100 individual astronauts and cosmonauts have performed nearly 200 EVAs, (spacewalks), either singularly or in teams in Earth orbit, deep space or on the Moon. This title shows how hardware and crew members are prepared for, protected and supported during every EVA. Editor(s): Shayler, David. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852337100
- ISBN
- 9781852337100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 45.22
€ 48.99
€ 45.22
Paperback. This book examines and explains cataclysmic and unusual events at the very frontier of our knowledge of stellar astrophysics, and presents them in a way that non-professionals can understand and enjoy. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 369 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 61 colour illustrations, 15 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 244 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461481355
- ISBN
- 9781461481355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.02
€ 62.02
Paperback. For anyone considering buying a high-end Meade telescope, this book offers an experienced user's guide to what can actually be achieved with it. It also offers a guide to the many software packages available to aid optimizing and actually using the scope. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 236 pages, 85 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441917744
- ISBN
- 9781441917744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 39.58
€ 48.99
€ 39.58
Paperback. One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge of the subject of astronomy and dynamics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808482
- ISBN
- 9780226808482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Hardback. Introduces readers to advances in American space exploration. This book discusses ways to capture and redirect asteroids; presents research on the origin of the Moon; weighs in on discoveries like 2003 UB313, a dwarf planet detected in the far outer reaches of our solar system - and, more. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 halftones. 39 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PGC; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128221
- ISBN
- 9780691128221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
€ 23.99
€ 18.04
Hardcover. Covers the changes in technology of astronomy that not only include commercially available astronomical telescopes and software, but also what we know and understand about the universe. This book provides hints and tips, as well as data for various aspects of amateur astronomy. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 12th ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852338787
- ISBN
- 9781852338787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.02
€ 53.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 sketches. BIC Classification: PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454. 272 pages, 20 sketches. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PGK; WNX. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601631299
- ISBN
- 9781601631299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.24
€ 18.24
Can You Play Cricket on Mars?: And Other Scientific Questions Answered
Cbe, Dsc, Fras, Sir Patrick Moore
Hardback. Can You Play Cricket on Mars? And Other Scientific Questions Answered Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780750951142
- ISBN
- 9780750951142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.84
€ 19.99
€ 12.84
Paperback. Aimed at active amateur astronomers this book provides an up-to-date account of active galaxies. Lists and images of such objects are an important component of this book. The book makes sense of the chaotic and apparently innumerable types of violently active galaxies. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- SKU
- V9781447161264
- ISBN
- 9781447161264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.71
€ 32.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Today's casual observer knows far less about the sky than did our ancestors, who depended on the sun and the moon to tell them the time and on the stars to guide them through the seas. This title gives us back our knowledge of the sky, offering an overview of what can be seen there without the help of a telescope. Num Pages: 224 pages, 66 halftones. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226345772
- ISBN
- 9780226345772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Hardback. What is life? Where did it come from? How can understanding the origins of life on Earth help us understand the origins of the universe, and vice versa? This book addresses the beginning of things - of the universe, matter, stars, and planetary systems, and finally, of life itself. Num Pages: 248 pages, 53 illus. BIC Classification: PGK; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126540
- ISBN
- 9780231126540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.36€ 102.15
€ 134.36
€ 102.15
Hardcover. The Starflight Handbook A Pioneer's Guide to Interstellar Travel "The Starflight Handbook is an indispensable compendium of the many and varied methods for traversing the vast interstellar gulf--don't leave the Solar System without it!" --Robert Forward "Very sensible, very complete and useful. Series: Wiley Science Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: TRP; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 16. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471619123
- ISBN
- 9780471619123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.77
€ 41.99
€ 32.77
Hardcover. This title is a basic guide to the cosmic frontier - about black holes in the centres of galaxies, about the way some galaxies cannibalize each other, about the vast differences between galaxies and the remarkable new evidence regarding dark energy and the cosmic expansion. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32 colour illustrations, 61 halftones, 56 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK; PGM; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 258 x 30. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010796
- ISBN
- 9780674010796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06