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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

€ 52.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 1651 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
1651
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2020
SKU
V9781493916634
ISBN
9781493916634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.99
€ 88.23

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
€ 22.94

Paperback. "Impey combines the vision of a practicing scientist with the voice of a gifted storyteller."-Dava Sobel Num Pages: 448 pages, 75 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393343861
ISBN
9780393343861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

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

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

€ 6.31

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

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

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
€ 24.90

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
€ 17.93

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

€ 51.26

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

€ 17.42

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

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

€ 31.99
€ 27.76

paperback. Steve O'Meara's guide to the Herschel 400 for amateur astronomers. Num Pages: 379 pages, 427 b/w illus. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
379
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107632004
ISBN
9781107632004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.68

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
€ 21.05

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

€ 134.09
€ 100.69

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
€ 32.33

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

€ 35.99
€ 30.66

Hardback. Could Einstein have possibly anticipated directly testing the most captivating prediction of general relativity, that there exist isolated pockets of spacetime shielded completely from our own? This book presents evidence that just such an entity, with a mass of about three million suns, is indeed lurking at the center of our galaxy. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 color illus. 2 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGM; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095059
ISBN
9780691095059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 42.14

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