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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

Paperback. Galaxies are the building blocks of the Universe: standing like islands in space, they are where the stars are born and where many extraordinary and little-understood phenomena can be observed. Here, renowned science writer John Gribbin explores what we have learnt about the cosmos through studying both our own galaxy and our distant neighbours. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, 20 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: PGM; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199234349
ISBN
9780199234349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2010th Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441955708
ISBN
9781441955708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Godwin, Robert. Num Pages: 264 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Pap/Cdr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894959049
ISBN
9781894959049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.08

Paperback. Editor(s): Godwin, Robert. Series: The NASA Mission Reports. Num Pages: 200 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: TTDS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Pap/Cdr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896522616
ISBN
9781896522616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.49

Hardback. An insight into NASA's Gemini spacecraft, the precursor to Apollo and the key to the Moon NASA's Gemini space flight programme followed on from the pioneering Mercury missions which put the first US astronauts into space. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 272 x 15. Weight in Grams: 792.
Publisher
Haynes Publishing Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857334213
ISBN
9780857334213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. This is the first book specifically written for amateur astronomers who own, or who are about to purchase, a computer-controlled 'go-to' telescope. The 'go-to' capability is huge, and this book offers fascinating deep-sky objects and detailed observing lists. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441968500
ISBN
9781441968500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.72

Paperback. Written for amateur astronomers, this book reviews portable equipment, accessories and mounts, describing which are best for different kinds of viewing. Shows how to use your grab 'n' go telescope to observe a wealth of solar, lunar and planetary objects. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 245 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 127 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493908257
ISBN
9781493908257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.62

Paperback. Grappling with Gravity explores the physiological how life in different worlds -- such as outerspace or settlements on the moon -- would affect humans, plants and animals. The test explores how the human body will begin, almost immediately, to adapt and change to be able to function in these strange environments. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 282 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 102 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVD; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 237 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2012th Edition
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441968982
ISBN
9781441968982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.43

Other printed item. Num Pages: 8 pages, 19 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 172 x 1. Weight in Grams: 40.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Field Studies Council United Kingdom
Number of pages
8
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851532803
ISBN
9781851532803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.26

Paperback. This handbook guides the stargazer through all 88 officially recognized constellations, grouped according to their origin and location in the sky. The book includes origin myths, finder charts, tables, photographs and plots of binary star orbital motions. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 863 pages, 345 black & white illustrations, 25 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1822.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2012th Edition
Number of pages
425
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441969408
ISBN
9781441969408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.21

Hardcover. Based on Roth's celebrated German language handbook for amateur astronomers, which first appeared over 40 years ago, this book is unique in giving the practical astronomer the most comprehensive, up-to-date and detailed single guide to the subject available. Editor(s): Roth, Gunter D. Num Pages: 712 pages, biography. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1737.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
712
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540763772
ISBN
9783540763772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.19
€ 88.35

Paperback. This book provides information on the planning of space initiatives that can help humans tap the riches of the Solar System. This second edition examines recent developments and space launches as well as presents new planetary engineering concepts. Num Pages: 277 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 88 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TH; TRP; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2nd ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461494256
ISBN
9781461494256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.70

Hardback. With over 150 photographs that author took on board the international space station, many of which have not been seen before, this collection showcases the beauty of earth from above, and is the perfect visual time capsule of author's remarkable trip, which captured the imaginations of millions of children and adults across the world. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AJCR; AJRK; BM; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1166.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780897158
ISBN
9781780897158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. .
Publisher
Adventures Unlimited Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939149664
ISBN
9781939149664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.76

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PG; PHFC; PHVB; PHVG; PNFS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642749674
ISBN
9783642749674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.45

Paperback.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803236394
ISBN
9780803236394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.68

Paperback. "Remarkably upbeat, and imbued with wit, wisdom and a palpable sense of awe over our universe."-Tucson Weekly Num Pages: 352 pages, 68 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393339987
ISBN
9780393339987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.90

Paperback. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 253 pages, 73 black & white illustrations, 86 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319064550
ISBN
9783319064550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.48

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 105 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894959384
ISBN
9781894959384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. Human life is a staggeringly strange thing. On the surface of a ball of rock falling around a nuclear fireball in the blackness of a vacuum the laws of nature conspired to create a naked ape that can look up at the stars and wonder where it came from. Num Pages: 272 pages, (16-page colour plate section), With index. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008125080
ISBN
9780008125080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. Human life is a staggeringly strange thing. On the surface of a ball of rock falling around a nuclear fireball in the blackness of a vacuum the laws of nature conspired to create a naked ape that can look up at the stars and wonder where it came from. Num Pages: 288 pages, (colour photographs throughout), With index. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1490.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007488803
ISBN
9780007488803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.08

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441969040
ISBN
9781441969040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.28

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