Astronomy, space & time
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Astronomy, space & time
Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction, Katherine Blundell looks at the seemingly paradoxical, mysterious, and intriguing phenomena of astrophysical black holes. Outlining what a black hole actually is and how they are characterised, she separates the scientific fact from science fiction, and demonstrates the interesting role they play in the cosmos. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: PGM; PHVB; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 114 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199602667
- ISBN
- 9780199602667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
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
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Hardback. Proceedings of the 183rd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 18-22 1997 Editor(s): Sata, Katsuhiko. Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354598
- ISBN
- 9780792354598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.18
€ 134.18
Paperback. Proceedings of the 183rd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 18-22 1997 Editor(s): Sata, Katsuhiko. Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354604
- ISBN
- 9780792354604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardback. This volume examines the internal structure, origin and evolution of white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes, all objects at the final stage of stellar evolution. It covers topics such as: pulsation of white dwarfs; millisecond pulsars; and the dynamics around black holes. Editor(s): Meynet, Georges; Schaerer, Daniel. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGG; PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540615200
- ISBN
- 9783540615200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.41
€ 129.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Meynet, Georges; Schaerer, Daniel. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGG; PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642082641
- ISBN
- 9783642082641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Hardback. Includes a presentation of the novel interdisciplinary optical remote sensing technique for various ionized diluted media, based on the collisional polarization of the spectoral emission. This book provides a methodology of the impact spectropolarimetic sensing of many solutions to many practical diagnostic problems. Series: Physics of Atoms and Molecules. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306458927
- ISBN
- 9780306458927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.57
€ 256.57
Paperback. Series: Physics of Atoms and Molecules. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHM; PHN; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461371946
- ISBN
- 9781461371946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 250.12
€ 250.12
Hardback. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 165 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 23 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662449684
- ISBN
- 9783662449684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Paperback. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 165 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 23 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; RB; TJFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662524282
- ISBN
- 9783662524282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
Paperback. Explores the astrological significance of Eris, a new dwarf planet in our solar system. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PGS; VXFA; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Floris Books
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863158674
- ISBN
- 9780863158674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. Written to provide students with a non-trivial introduction to the subject, this book examines the problems astronomers face on Emarth. It moves on to explore the solar system, the stars and beyond. Num Pages: 326 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471983323
- ISBN
- 9780471983323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.54
€ 79.54
Paperback. This is the first non-technical book on spectroscopy written specifically for practical amateur astronomers. It includes all the science necessary for a qualitative understanding of stellar spectra, but avoids a mathematical treatment. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 87 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387367866
- ISBN
- 9780387367866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.20
€ 48.99
€ 40.20
Paperback. This book tells the amazing story of the physics of stars and starlight. While it is an in-depth study of stellar astrophysics, at the same time it requires only basic high school mathematics and physics, making it accessible to almost all amateur astronomers. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, 74 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441907073
- ISBN
- 9781441907073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 39.64
€ 48.99
€ 39.64
Paperback. Beginning with an overview of the field, this updated edition unites methods of archaeology and the insights of modern astronomy in an exploration of the science of astronomy as it was practiced in a number of cultures prior to the invention of the telescope. Num Pages: 614 pages, 392 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 211 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 614
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441976239
- ISBN
- 9781441976239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 201.34
€ 201.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387276168
- ISBN
- 9780387276168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.22
€ 53.99
€ 44.22
Paperback. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, 25 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PGS; PNFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319248721
- ISBN
- 9783319248721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.66
€ 56.66
Paperback. This comprehensive guide for amateur astronomers provides a brief overview of the development of spectroscopes and an introduction to the theory of stellar spectra, then goes on to examine the spectroscopes available to amateurs as well as how to use them. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 242 pages, 158 black & white illustrations, 35 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441972385
- ISBN
- 9781441972385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.13
€ 41.99
€ 34.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Nomoto, Kenichi. Series: Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 482 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB; PHVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 833.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662137017
- ISBN
- 9783662137017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.26
€ 130.26
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- No Starch Press,US United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593272678
- ISBN
- 9781593272678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.79
€ 32.99
€ 23.79