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Astronomy, space & time
hardcover. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 115 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHFB; PHQ; PHVB; TTB; TTBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 115
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431558804
- ISBN
- 9784431558804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.12
€ 122.12
Paperback. Knack Night Sky is an ode to the solar system in its awe-inspiring complexity. This book shows you ways to find stars, constellations, and other celestial objects, photos, comets, and meteor showers from the past and comets and meteor showers to come. Series: Knack: Make it Easy. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 213 x 18. Weight in Grams: 48.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781599219554
- ISBN
- 9781599219554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.49
€ 20.99
€ 17.49
Hardcover. Discoveries in astronomy have revolutionized the field of cosmology. This second edition provides the historical background of cosmology and an account of the concordance model of the universe. It emphasises the scientific framework for cosmology, particularly the basic concepts of physics that underlie the theories of relativity and cosmology. Num Pages: 576 pages, numerous line drawings. halftones and mathematical examples. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 192 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198530961
- ISBN
- 9780198530961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 354.72
€ 354.72
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
€ 194.88€ 132.34
€ 194.88
€ 132.34
Paperback. Offers a historical survey of the two sciences that help define our place in the universe: astronomy and cosmology. This book investigates scientific practices in the early civilizations of Egypt, Greece, China, and the Americas, whose inhabitants developed sophisticated methods to record the movements of the planets and stars. Num Pages: 736 pages, 21 colour plates, 201 halftones, 73 line drawings. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 177 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226594415
- ISBN
- 9780226594415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 45.65
€ 53.48
€ 45.65
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
€ 193.33
Hardback. Explaining discoveries and a range of advanced ideas and theories, this book provides a creative and coherent synthesis of scientific thinking on the universe's beginnings. It takes us on a tour of the seven ages of the cosmos, from the formless era of radiation through the origins of human culture. Illustrator(s): Chaisson, Lola Judith. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135603
- ISBN
- 9780231135603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 85.15
€ 112.89
€ 85.15
Hardback. Proceedings of the 165th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in The Hague, the Netherlands, August 15-19, 1994 Editor(s): Paradijs, Jan van; Heuvel, E. P. J. van den; Kuulkers, Erik. Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 546 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 31. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 546
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792338451
- ISBN
- 9780792338451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.41
€ 251.41
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€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. Proceedings of the 180th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Groningen, The Netherlands, August 26-30, 1996 Editor(s): Habing, Harm J.; Lamers, Hermanus. Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 507 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1211.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 507
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348924
- ISBN
- 9780792348924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 245.54
€ 245.54
Hardback. At some time around 200 AD, the Stoic philosopher and teacher Cleomedes delivered a set of lectures on elementary astronomy as part of a complete introduction to Stoicism for his students. The result was "The Heavens" (Caelestia). This book contains an English translation of "The Heavens", along with an introduction, notes, and technical diagrams. Translator(s): Todd, Robert B.; Bowen, Alan C. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 238 pages, 25 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233256
- ISBN
- 9780520233256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.67
€ 84.37
€ 64.67
Hardback. Proceedings of the SOHO-7 Workshop held at the Asticou Inn in Northeast Harbor, Maine, U.S.A. from 28 September-1 October 1998 Editor(s): Kohl, John L.; Cranmer, Steven R. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 787.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792358282
- ISBN
- 9780792358282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.51
€ 189.51
Documents the challenges and the social, political, and economic factors involved in the planning and technological achievement of the Mariner 10 mission, and features more than one hundred high-resolution photographs of the surface of Mercury. Num Pages: 162 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PGS; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231039963
- ISBN
- 9780231039963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.47
€ 115.47
Hardback. Offers a collection of chapters dealing with socio-dynamical aspects of the astronomy community. This book includes a bibliography of publications related to socio-astronomy and to the interactions of the astronomy community with society at large. It is intended for researchers, teachers, editors, publishers, librarians, and science sociologists. Editor(s): Heck, Andre. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366713
- ISBN
- 9780792366713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.74
€ 127.74
Astrophysical Sources of High Energy Particles and Radiation
. Ed(S): Shapiro, Maurice M.; Stanev, Todor S...
Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute and 12th Course of the International School of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics, held in Erice, Italy, 10-12 November 2000 Editor(s): Shapiro, Maurice M.; Stanev, Todor S.; Wefel, John P. Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 392 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402001741
- ISBN
- 9781402001741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.52
€ 69.52
Paperback. As 'distributed' astronomical projects multiply, this text on how to produce professional-quality space imaging will be welcome to many amateurs equipped with today's powerful telescopy. It offers a thorough grounding in the scientific principles and methods. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 333 pages, 51 black & white illustrations, 46 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461451723
- ISBN
- 9781461451723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.74€ 45.98
€ 51.74
€ 45.98
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
€ 124.07
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Ziegler, Herwin G; Roth, Gunter Dietmar. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB; PHVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 4
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662353684
- ISBN
- 9783662353684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.79
€ 103.79
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
€ 23.87
Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Durham, U.K., August 11-15, 1986 Editor(s): Turver, K.E. Series: NATO Science Series C. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401082051
- ISBN
- 9789401082051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Hardcover. Editor(s): Jameson, Lawrence A. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 187 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 127
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590332870
- ISBN
- 9781590332870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.14€ 95.87
€ 127.14
€ 95.87
Paperback. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 297 pages, 76 black & white illustrations, 57 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 239 x 15. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319206356
- ISBN
- 9783319206356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.72
€ 56.72
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kreitler, Paul V. Num Pages: 184 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 186 x 31. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594544750
- ISBN
- 9781594544750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 274.50€ 186.51
€ 274.50
€ 186.51
Hardback. In the "Introduction to the Phenomena", Geminos provided a clear view of Greek astronomy in the period between Hipparchos and Ptolemy. This book, an English translation of Geminos' work, is accompanied by an introduction and commentary that set Geminos' work in its historical, scientific, and philosophical context. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 halftones. 38 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 169 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123394
- ISBN
- 9780691123394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 68.28
€ 89.13
€ 68.28