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Astronomy, space & time

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Astronomy, space & time

Paperback. Designed for amateur astronomers who own a home computer, whether it is running Microsoft Windows, Mac O/S or Linux, this title provides a practical introduction to astronomy. It concentrates on low-cost accessible projects and also helps you learn how to optimise a go-to telescope, or connect it to a lap-top. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 202 pages, 87 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; UKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852338053
ISBN
9781852338053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.47

Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 95 color illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PHVB; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 265 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691157245
ISBN
9780691157245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.14

Paperback. This is a comprehensive guide to buying, testing, and using a refracting telescope. It is written mainly for amateur astronomers who already own or are intending to purchase a refracting telescope, but will prove useful for non-astronomical observers. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 119 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AJ; PG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441964021
ISBN
9781441964021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 44.94

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441987853
ISBN
9781441987853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 39.24

Paperback. This book describes the telescopes built by such renowned makers as Dollond, Alvan Clark, Thomas Cooke & Sons, Carl Zeiss and others. Includes interviews with collectors of classic telescopes, and tips for readers on prospecting for and acquiring their own. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, 88 black & white illustrations, 83 colour illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461444237
ISBN
9781461444237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 39.69

Paperback. Written for amateur astronomers, this book reviews portable equipment, accessories and mounts, describing which are best for different kinds of viewing. Shows how to use your grab 'n' go telescope to observe a wealth of solar, lunar and planetary objects. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 245 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 127 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493908257
ISBN
9781493908257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.62

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

€ 104.56
€ 80.25

Paperback. What links the birth of the moon to our body clocks? How did the creation of the Atlantic Ocean affect how we have children? What does the water inside us and on Earth have to do with the deepest stretches of space? This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141041902
ISBN
9780141041902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 169 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 39 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; PHDV; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319126753
ISBN
9783319126753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.49

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718892784
ISBN
9780718892784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.63

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

€ 21.99
€ 18.37

Paperback. Explores the relationship between the human soul and the stars, which has been central to Western thought and other cultures for thousands of years. This book examines ideas, beliefs and practices which meet at the boundary of psychology and cosmology, the universe and human imagination. Editor(s): Campion, Nicholas; Curry, Patrick. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 colour & 48 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Floris Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863155666
ISBN
9780863155666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Hardcover. Editor(s): Maravell, Nick S. Num Pages: 363 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 268 x 182 x 29. Weight in Grams: 960.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600210051
ISBN
9781600210051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 279.22
€ 190.29

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 183 x 14. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608764730
ISBN
9781608764730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 294.66
€ 200.65

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, full colour photographs throughout. BIC Classification: AJC; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 290 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1214.
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452134352
ISBN
9781452134352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.96

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

€ 127.73

Hardback. This book details complex physical processes involved in the creation and early evolution of stars. It illustrates how these processes reveal themselves from radio wavelengths to high energy X-rays and gamma-rays, with reference towards high energy signatures. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 540 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 968.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642239250
ISBN
9783642239250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.73

Paperback. This book details complex physical processes involved in the creation and early evolution of stars. It illustrates how these processes reveal themselves from radio wavelengths to high energy X-rays and gamma-rays, with reference towards high energy signatures. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 540 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGM; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2nd ed. 2012
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642441684
ISBN
9783642441684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 152.26

Hardcover. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to general relativity, with a development of its foundations and a rich body of applications. It is a completely revised and expanded version of the classic edition General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics. Series: Graduate Texts in Physics. Num Pages: 756 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PGC; PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1262.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2nd ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400754096
ISBN
9789400754096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.59

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kinjo, Nori; Nakajima, Akira. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629480107
ISBN
9781629480107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.69
€ 158.44

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