Relativity Science & Technology
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Relativity Science & Technology
Hardcover. This book provides new evidence for a UV fixed point in quantum gravity including an unprecedented number of curvature invariants. It will stimulate further progress in black hole physics using renormalization group techniques. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 201 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, 18 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHDV; PHH; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319012933
- ISBN
- 9783319012933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.67
€ 122.67
Paperback. This book provides new evidence for a UV fixed point in quantum gravity including an unprecedented number of curvature invariants. It will stimulate further progress in black hole physics using renormalization group techniques. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 201 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, 18 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHDV; PHH; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319347806
- ISBN
- 9783319347806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.57
€ 121.57
paperback. Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 423 pages, 68 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, 11 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: JNU; PDA; PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 423
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493952700
- ISBN
- 9781493952700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.74
€ 77.74
paperback. Note from the prefaces in the first and second volumes: "This four-volume book grew from a four-semester general physics curriculum which I developed and taught for the past decade to undergraduate students at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee." Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 406 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDA; PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 623.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493943692
- ISBN
- 9781493943692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.80
€ 75.80
Hardcover. Note from the prefaces in the first and second volumes: "This four-volume book grew from a four-semester general physics curriculum which I developed and taught for the past decade to undergraduate students at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee." Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 406 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493913657
- ISBN
- 9781493913657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.12
€ 114.12
Hardcover. Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 423 pages, 68 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, 11 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: JNU; PDA; PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493913596
- ISBN
- 9781493913596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.29
€ 114.29
Hardcover. Suitable for those interested in popular science, this title focuses on the popular reception of relativity in Britain and demonstrates how abstract science came to be entangled with class politics, media technology, changing sex relations, crime, cricket, and cinematography in the British imagination during the 1920s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; PDX; PDZ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226680736
- ISBN
- 9780226680736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.45€ 44.97
€ 52.45
€ 44.97
Paperback. Through examining the work of W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett, Katherine Ebury shows cosmology had a considerable impact on modernist creative strategies, developing alternative reading models of difficult texts such as Finnegans Wake and 'The Trilogy'. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; PGC; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349483693
- ISBN
- 9781349483693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.39
€ 63.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 214 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 4 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319395067
- ISBN
- 9783319395067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.99
€ 143.99
Hardback. This book outlines and champions a consistent cosmology that fills in theoretical gaps while keeping in full accordance with observational data. This thesis proposes that the leading role in the first act of our universe might have been played by neutrinos. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 234 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ; PHR; PHS; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319009629
- ISBN
- 9783319009629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.96
€ 122.96
Paperback. This book outlines and champions a consistent cosmology that fills in theoretical gaps while keeping in full accordance with observational data. This thesis proposes that the leading role in the first act of our universe might have been played by neutrinos. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 234 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ; PHR; PHS; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319376868
- ISBN
- 9783319376868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.87
€ 121.87
Paperback. In Einstein: A Biography, Jurgen Neffe presents a clear and probing portrait of the man behind the myth. He recounts Einstein's life with detail and accuracy, presenting a comprehensive account of the educational, religious, psychological and historical conditions that enabled Einstein to become the ber-physicist of all time. Translator(s): Frish, Shelly. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGT; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 37. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642215
- ISBN
- 9780745642215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.93
€ 17.99
€ 13.93
Paperback. Begins by addressing basic questions about active galactic nuclei: What are they? How can they be found? How do they evolve? This book assesses the evidence for massive black holes and considers how they generate power by accretion. It discusses X-ray and g-ray emission, radio emission and jets, emission and absorption lines, and others. Series: Princeton Series in Astrophysics. Num Pages: 632 pages, 8 tables 111 line illus. 8 halftones. BIC Classification: PGK; PGM; PHR; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 620
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011516
- ISBN
- 9780691011516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.24€ 80.87
€ 107.24
€ 80.87
Hardback. Requiring only basic knowledge of high school mathematics and physics, this volume offers a concise introduction to the general theory of relativity. The text presents the fundamentals of special relativity, Minkowski space-time, non-Euclidean geometry, Newtonian gravity, and more. Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 140 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PHDV; PHR; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642214516
- ISBN
- 9783642214516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.62
€ 90.62
Paperback. Requiring only basic knowledge of high school mathematics and physics, this volume offers a concise introduction to the general theory of relativity. The text presents the fundamentals of special relativity, Minkowski space-time, non-Euclidean geometry, Newtonian gravity, and more. Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 140 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PHDV; PHR; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642270505
- ISBN
- 9783642270505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardback. In this thesis the author constructs a comprehensive unifying framework for understanding the observational impact of general classes of dark sector theories, by formulating equations of state for the dark sector perturbations. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 219 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; PHDV; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 497.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319012094
- ISBN
- 9783319012094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.56
€ 122.56
Paperback. In this thesis the author constructs a comprehensive unifying framework for understanding the observational impact of general classes of dark sector theories, by formulating equations of state for the dark sector perturbations. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 219 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; PHDV; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319347486
- ISBN
- 9783319347486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.75
€ 121.75
Hardcover. Devoted to the history of general relativity, this text provides reviews from scholars all over the world. Topics covered include: disputes with Einstein; the empirical basis of general relativity; variational principles in general relativity; and cosmology and general relativity. Editor(s): Earman, John; Janssen, Michel; Norton, John D. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 443 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817636241
- ISBN
- 9780817636241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 226.93
€ 226.93
Paperback. Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 2011. Num Pages: 368 pages, 112 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHR; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393343113
- ISBN
- 9780393343113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.06
€ 17.99
€ 17.06
Paperback. The idea that the speed of light is a constant - at 186,000 miles per second - is one of the few scientific facts that almost everyone knows. This title introduces the reader to modern cosmology, to the implications of VSL (variable speed of light) and to the world of physicists. Editor(s): Mirchandani, Ravi. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHR; WNX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099428084
- ISBN
- 9780099428084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.67
€ 20.99
€ 16.67