Astronomy, space & time
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Astronomy, space & time
paperback. What came before the Big Bang? How did the universe begin and must it inevitably end? This book illuminates some of the deepest mysteries of the universe. It analyses the second law of thermodynamics - according to which the 'randomness' of our world is continually increasing - and examines the light-cone geometry of space-time. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099505945
- ISBN
- 9780099505945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.45
€ 17.99
€ 13.45
Paperback. The book that transforms our understanding of what we are and where we came from Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 261 x 63. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715651216
- ISBN
- 9780715651216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.21
€ 23.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. Investigating the relationship between the 'general and the special' in nature, Humboldt's Cosmos constitutes an original contribution to modern science. Editor(s): Sabine, Edward. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 1010 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108013949
- ISBN
- 9781108013949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
Paperback. Investigating the relationship between the 'general and the special' in nature, Humboldt's Cosmos constitutes an original contribution to modern science. Editor(s): Sabine, Edward. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 498 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108013635
- ISBN
- 9781108013635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.70
€ 63.70
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PGK; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634821070
- ISBN
- 9781634821070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.59€ 186.50
€ 253.59
€ 186.50
Paperback. Presents the development of scientific cosmology as a historical event, one that embroiled many scientists in a controversy over the very notion of an evolving universe with a beginning in time. This work examines how the big-bang theory drew inspiration from and eventually triumphed over rival views. Num Pages: 488 pages, 4 tables 23 line illus. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691005461
- ISBN
- 9780691005461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.48€ 50.77
€ 65.48
€ 50.77
Paperback. This book is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology, explaining what it is and what cosmologists do. Peter Coles discusses the history of the subject, the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, numerous halftones and line figures. BIC Classification: PGK; PGM; PGS; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192854162
- ISBN
- 9780192854162
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.70
€ 12.99
€ 9.70
Hardcover. This is a uniquely comprehensive and detailed treatment of the theoretical and observational foundations of modern cosmology, by a Nobel Laureate in Physics. It gives up-to-date and self contained accounts of the theories and observations that have made the past few decades a golden age of cosmology. Num Pages: 624 pages, 27 line drawings. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 182 x 1. Weight in Grams: 1358.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198526827
- ISBN
- 9780198526827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.37
€ 101.37
Hardback. Takes you on a tour of the Universe. En route, this title stops off to gaze at 100 amazing sights - from asteroids to zodiacal dust and from orbit around the Earth to beyond the most distant galaxies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 287 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Welbeck Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780978376
- ISBN
- 9781780978376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.05
€ 33.99
€ 23.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: PG; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931882750
- ISBN
- 9781931882750
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Condition: New
€ 21.98
€ 21.98
Paperback. This translation brings together ancient classical texts derived from Eratosthenes' handbook of astral mythology, Hyginus' guide to astronomy, and Aratus's astronomical poem Phaenomena to provide a complete collection of Greek astral myths. Translator(s): Hard, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps of the constellations, 1 diagram. BIC Classification: HRKP3; PGM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198716983
- ISBN
- 9780198716983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.57
€ 17.57
Hardback. The study concludes with an analysis of simultaneity's importance in general relativity and quantum mechanics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16, 16 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HP; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884221
- ISBN
- 9780801884221
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Condition: New
€ 60.13€ 55.30
€ 60.13
€ 55.30
Paperback. Series: Tutorial Texts. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- SPIE Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819482044
- ISBN
- 9780819482044
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Condition: New
€ 71.75
€ 71.75
Hardcover. This major new reference work is organised as a Chinese-English encyclopedia, arranged alphabetically according to the pinyin romanisation, with Chinese characters appended. A character index and an English index are included. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GBC; JFC; PGK; VXFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780700716081
- ISBN
- 9780700716081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.64€ 171.66
€ 172.64
€ 171.66
Commentationes astronomicae ad theoriam perturbationum pertinentes 3rd...
. Ed(S): Fellmann, E.; Grigorijan, A.T.; Habi...
hardcover. Editor(s): Fellmann, E.; Grigorijan, A.T.; Habicht, D.; Juskevit, A.; Blanc, C.; Matvierskaja, G.P.Fricher; Mikhailov, G. BIC Classification: PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Switzerland
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- Edition
- 2021st Edition
- SKU
- V9783764314736
- ISBN
- 9783764314736
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Condition: New
€ 335.31
€ 335.31
Hardcover. Editor(s): Melark, Peter G. Num Pages: 153 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK; TTD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 261 x 187 x 14. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 153
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613246580
- ISBN
- 9781613246580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.72€ 109.71
€ 160.72
€ 109.71
Paperback. Suitable for readers who want to learn about the Newtonian $N$-body problem, this book contains simple explanations of the apparent 'looping' orbit of Mars and the unexpected 'Sunrise, Sunset' behavior as viewed from Mercury. It also covers the weird dynamics exhibited by Saturn's F-ring. Series: CBMS Regional Conference Series in Mathematics. Num Pages: 235 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGC; PHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 177 x 252 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821832509
- ISBN
- 9780821832509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kuz'min, A.D. Translator(s): Makinen, Paul. Series: Proceedings of the Lebedev Physics Institute Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Num Pages: 326 pages, tabs.ch. BIC Classification: PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941743693
- ISBN
- 9780941743693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.40€ 168.99
€ 227.40
€ 168.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 105 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606921142
- ISBN
- 9781606921142
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Condition: New
€ 63.09€ 45.24
€ 63.09
€ 45.24
Hardcover. Editor(s): Walters, Brendon. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633219656
- ISBN
- 9781633219656
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Condition: New
€ 195.25€ 131.49
€ 195.25
€ 131.49
Paperback. Adazzling tour d'horizonof mankind's enduring fascination with, and reliance upon, the extraordinary star at the centre of our solar system. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16pp plates. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 196 x 40. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416526124
- ISBN
- 9781416526124
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.40
€ 19.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. Presenting the story of Poincare's work, this book traces the history of attempts to solve the problems of celestial mechanics posed in Isaac Newton's "Principia" in 1686. It introduces the people whose ideas led to the field called nonlinear dynamics. Series: Princeton science library. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 halftones 64 line illus. BIC Classification: PBWS; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691005454
- ISBN
- 9780691005454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.34
€ 40.99
€ 29.34
hardcover. The first systematic explanation of canonical methods in gravity for graduate students and researchers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 40 b/w illus. 69 exercises. BIC Classification: PGK; PHR; PHU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 256 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 766. Cosmology, Black Holes, and Quantum Gravity. 312 pages, 40 b/w illus. 69 exercises. The first systematic explanation of canonical methods in gravity for graduate students and researchers. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: PGK; PHR; PHU. Dimension: 256 x 181 x 19. Weight: 766.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521195751
- ISBN
- 9780521195751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.86
€ 97.86
Paperback. Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1967. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HDDK; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 258 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691622897
- ISBN
- 9780691622897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.70
€ 43.99
€ 30.70