Popular astronomy & space
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Popular astronomy & space
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€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
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
€ 46.00
€ 46.00
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
€ 38.99€ 36.22
€ 38.99
€ 36.22
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€ 18.00
€ 23.99
€ 18.00
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€ 30.87
€ 35.99
€ 30.87
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€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
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€ 19.02
€ 26.99
€ 19.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, illus. BIC Classification: WNX. Dimension: 176 x 253 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Griffin Media
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926837147
- ISBN
- 9781926837147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.29
€ 24.99
€ 17.29
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€ 17.35
€ 24.99
€ 17.35
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€ 24.60
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472920119
- ISBN
- 9781472920119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.48
€ 16.99
€ 12.48
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461413967
- ISBN
- 9781461413967
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Condition: New
€ 54.19
€ 54.19
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
€ 8.22
€ 8.22
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€ 19.02
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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
€ 58.92
€ 58.92
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939149664
- ISBN
- 9781939149664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.41
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€ 27.41
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752460413
- ISBN
- 9780752460413
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 552
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803236394
- ISBN
- 9780803236394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.55
€ 27.55
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
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Paperback. From the age of eight, when he watched Apollo 11 land on the Moon, Peter Diamandis's singular goal was to get to space. When he realized NASA was winding down manned space flight, he set out on one of the great entrepreneurial adventure stories of our time. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; TBY; TTD; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784162375
- ISBN
- 9781784162375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.34
€ 25.99
€ 19.34
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
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.20
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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
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
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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€ 11.41
€ 15.99
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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€ 21.87
€ 33.99
€ 21.87