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Astronomy, space & time

Paperback. Lucid exploration of central themes from science, philosophy, literature and religious ideas. Accessible and provocative discussion of the imagination and time. Warnock is a leading public figure in the UK. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPM; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631190196
ISBN
9780631190196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.92

Hardback. Proceedings of a Workshop held at the Dynic Astropark 'Ten-Kyu-Kan', August 14-18, 1997 Editor(s): Yabushita, Shin; Henrard, Jacques. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PGS; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Reprinted from CELESTIAL MECHANICS AND DYNAMICAL
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792352129
ISBN
9780792352129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.66

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
€ 33.37

Hardback. Proceedings of an ISSI Workshop, 14-18 September 1998, Bern, Switzerland Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 905.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Reprinted from Space Science Reviews, Vol. 90/1-2
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792361541
ISBN
9780792361541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.27

The author of this book draws attention to ongoing and future observations that might reveal relics of an era before the big bang. In doing so, he provides an accessible introduction to the extraordinary new ideas of string cosmology. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Germany
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642093845
ISBN
9783642093845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.50

Hardback. Proceedings of the Monterey Workshop, held in Monterey, California, August 1999 Editor(s): Engvold, Oddbjorn; Harvey, John W.; Schrijver, C. J.; Hurlburt, Neal E. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 833.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792370437
ISBN
9780792370437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 243.16

Paperback. An introduction to Vodou practices and beliefs, with a focus on Haiti. Editor(s): Michel, C.; Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAX; JFC; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349533053
ISBN
9781349533053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 153.78

Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: AJR; PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 277 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1905.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Alaska Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602232730
ISBN
9781602232730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.76

Hardback. Proceedings of the Asteroseismology Workshop, held in Porto, Portugal, 1-5 July 2002 Editor(s): Thompson, Michael J.; Cunha, Margarida S.; Monteiro, Mario J.P.F.G. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402011733
ISBN
9781402011733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.22

hardcover. Aims to fill a gap in the astronomy-related literature by providing a set of chapters of direct interest to astronomy communication, and also well beyond it. This book is useful for researchers, teachers, editors, publishers, librarians, computer scientists, sociologists of science, research planners and strategists, project managers, and others. Editor(s): Heck, Andre; Madsen, Claus. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 235 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
2003rd Edition
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402013454
ISBN
9781402013454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.07

Paperback / so. Translator(s): Calvani, M. Series: I Blu. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PB; PDX; PG; PHR; PHVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer Verlag Italy
Condition
New
SKU
V9788847006737
ISBN
9788847006737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Paperback. Explores how identities emerge, persist and change and which power resources are tapped in the course of this process. This work illustrates the dynamics of identification as performance and narrative, as power and meaning, and as an interplay between self and other, difference and similarity. Series: Studies in Religion S. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRCS1; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 172 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772887821
ISBN
9788772887821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.87

This book provides an everyman's guide for understanding and following the discoveries that will soon take place at the famous Large Hadron Collider experiments at CERN. The material is presented accurately yet accessibly, and the book is infectious in its enthusiasm for the project. Num Pages: 288 pages, 36 b/w photographs, 18 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: PDN; PDZ; PGK; PHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199581917
ISBN
9780199581917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.56

Hardcover. Editor(s): Encrenaz, Therese; Kessler, M.F. Num Pages: 580 pages, Ill.tabs.ch. BIC Classification: PGG; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 167 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560720782
ISBN
9781560720782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 263.43
€ 195.50

Hardcover. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: PGC; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 187 x 19. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594547171
ISBN
9781594547171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.60
€ 132.34

Hardback. Develops a theory of Cosmic Grains starting logically from basic mathematical and astronomical premises. This book guides the reader through a historical progression of ideas on the nature of grains, leading to the author's own point of view, which shows the role of complex organic material in the interstellar grains. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792311898
ISBN
9780792311898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.33

Paperback. The Life of the Cosmos offers a theory of the universe that is radically different from anything proposed before. It departs from contemporary physicists to explore the idea that the laws of nature may be the partial result of a process of natural selection that occurred before the Big Bang. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195126648
ISBN
9780195126648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.91

Hardback. Is time, even locally, like the real line? Multiple structures of time, implicit in physics, create a consistency problem. This book includes historical details and explains - why the entropy law is inadequate for time asymmetry, and why notions such as time asymmetry (hence causality) may be conceptually inadequate. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGZ; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792331032
ISBN
9780792331032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.46

Hardback. Provides access to various paradoxes of the natural world. This book explains that some occur through the prevalence of pseudosciences such as astrology and UFO-logy and some enter the public conscience through the bad astronomy of science-fiction movies. It aims to present the reader with the methods for identifying and replacing incorrect ideas. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231116442
ISBN
9780231116442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.43
€ 79.12

Paperback. Proceedings of the 182nd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Chamonix, France, 20-26 January 1997 Editor(s): Reipurth, Bo; Bertout, Claude. Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 597 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Number of pages
597
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792346616
ISBN
9780792346616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 249.93

Paperback. Offers an account of Eugene Shoemaker's life and the way it has shaped our thinking about the universe. This book reconstructs the journey that began with a young geologist's desire to go to the moon in the late 1940's. Num Pages: 320 pages, 39 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: BG; PGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691113258
ISBN
9780691113258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Hardback. NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), launched on August 25, 1997, carry six high-resolution spectrometers that measure the abundances of the elements, isotopes, and ionic charge states of energetic nuclei in space. This volume reviews scientific progress and outline questions that ACE address in solar, space-plasma, and cosmic-ray physics. Editor(s): Russell, Christopher T.; Mewaldt, R. A. Num Pages: 663 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1287.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Reprinted from SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 86:1-4, 199
Number of pages
663
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792355304
ISBN
9780792355304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.73

Hardcover. Establishes that the traditions of Roman art and literature were still very much alive in the mid-fourth century. This title reveals the importance of pagan festivals and cults in the Christian era and highlights the rise of a respectable aristocratic Christianity that combined pagan and Christian practices. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 335 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 33. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520065666
ISBN
9780520065666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.07
€ 63.82

Hardback. Proceedings of an ISSI Workshop, 15-19 February 1999, Bern, Switzerland Editor(s): Benz, Willy; Kallenbach, R.; Lugmair, Gunter. Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI. Num Pages: 433 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Reprinted from Space Science Reviews journal, Vol
Number of pages
433
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792364672
ISBN
9780792364672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.84

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