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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
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
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
Hardback. Tells the story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing together the clues that enabled them to deduce the solar system's layout, its age, and the likely way it formed. Num Pages: 320 pages, 41 halftones. 19 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: WNW; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145228
- ISBN
- 9780691145228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 halftones. 19 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173337
- ISBN
- 9780691173337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.92
€ 24.99
€ 18.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14, 14 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPH; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451508
- ISBN
- 9780801451508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.48
€ 46.48
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803249233
- ISBN
- 9780803249233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Details the ingenuity, passion, and sacrifice of ordinary people that enabled the space program to land a man on the moon. Num Pages: 248 pages, 41 photographs, appendix, glossary, index. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Nebraska Pbk. Printing
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260412
- ISBN
- 9780803260412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. In 2004, Venus crossed the sun's face for the first time since 1882. This title tells the intriguing tale of the five Venus transits previously observed and the fantastic efforts made to record them. It is a story of heroes and cowards, of reputations earned and squandered, told against a backdrop of geopolitical and scientific change. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 halftones. 22 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: PGS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press Princeton
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115894
- ISBN
- 9780691115894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin placed on the lunar soil a small tin figurine called "The Fallen Astronaut". By telling the stories of the sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book conveys the human cost of the space race. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 448 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; BK; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285095
- ISBN
- 9780803285095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
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
€ 37.99€ 36.59
€ 37.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. Designed to be used in the field under the red-colored lighting used by astronomers, this book includes recommended observing targets for beginners and intermediate observers alike. It contains start charts and specific information about the celestial objects. It contains the requirements for list of objects compiled by The Astronomical League. Num Pages: 519 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 247 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 519
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780596526856
- ISBN
- 9780596526856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.81
€ 32.99
€ 31.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 325 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633882218
- ISBN
- 9781633882218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.68
€ 19.99
€ 19.68
hardcover. Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in space-and then reminds us that we're already there. Num Pages: 336 pages, 55 illustrations. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 170 x 31. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780393239300
- ISBN
- 9780393239300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.04
€ 24.99
€ 19.04
hardcover. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821407912
- ISBN
- 9780821407912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.90
€ 29.90
paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 12th Edition
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849969413
- ISBN
- 9781849969413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.27
€ 52.90
€ 47.27
Paperback. Provides an overview of the successful Soviet/Russian development of space suits and subsequent space walks from Vostok to MIR and ISS. This title provides details of events, including their technical development. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; TTDS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 245 x 22. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852337322
- ISBN
- 9781852337322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.71€ 53.43
€ 57.71
€ 53.43
Paperback. Presents an account of the scientific achievements and lives of cosmologists from Babylonians to Newton. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140192469
- ISBN
- 9780140192469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.77
€ 23.99
€ 20.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306432644
- ISBN
- 9780306432644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
Paperback. On February 1st 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia - the world's first reusable manned spacecraft - disintegrated during its return to Earth, with a crew of seven. This book chronicles each of Columbia's 28 missions, as described by scientists and researchers who developed and supported its many payloads, and by the engineers who worked on it. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 506 pages, 280 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; TRP; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387215174
- ISBN
- 9780387215174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.25
€ 43.25
Paperback. Offers a discussion on how Russia prepares its cosmonauts for spaceflight. This title contains interviews and photographs with information obtained by the authors on visits to Star City. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 420 pages, 220 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBT; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387218946
- ISBN
- 9780387218946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.49
€ 48.99
€ 41.49