Astronomy, space & time
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Astronomy, space & time
Dense Molecular Gas around Protostars and in Galactic Nuclei: European...
. Ed(S): Hagiwara, Yoshiaki; Langevelde, Huib...
hardcover. The European Workshop on Astronomical Molecules 2004 gave astronomers an opportunity to generate common interpretations of the phenomena in stars and galaxies. This book contains papers that cover: maser and dense gas diagnostics and related phenomena, evolution of circumstellar regions around protostars, and more. Editor(s): Hagiwara, Yoshiaki; Langevelde, Huib Jan van; Baan, Willem A. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHP; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- Reprinted from ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, Vol
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402030383
- ISBN
- 9781402030383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.67
€ 191.67
Paperback. This book reviews the many reasons for exploring our stellar neighbors using robotic probes, and closely examines new technologies for constructing space probes that can traverse the enormous distances between the stars. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 367 pages, 51 black & white illustrations, 22 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461406068
- ISBN
- 9781461406068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.74€ 46.48
€ 51.74
€ 46.48
Paperback. An Astronomical Tour. Series: THE PATRICK MOORE PRACTICAL AS. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319225296
- ISBN
- 9783319225296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.67
€ 54.67
Paperback. Tells the story of the 100-year quest to understand an ancient computer, the scientific artefact we have from antiquity. This title reveals a diverse cast of characters - ranging from Archimedes to Jacques Cousteau - and explores the roots of modern technology in Ancient Greece, the Islamic world and medieval Europe. Num Pages: 336 pages, col. Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA; PDX; PGZ; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099519768
- ISBN
- 9780099519768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 273 pages, 75 black & white illustrations, 45 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 273
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319230023
- ISBN
- 9783319230023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.59
€ 52.99
€ 41.59
paperback. Num Pages: 301 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674192713
- ISBN
- 9780674192713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.86
€ 41.99
€ 34.86
paperback. A story of the astounding forces that underpin our existence; a horizon-expanding tour of the cosmos that unifies what we know about the universe with new thinking. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099593560
- ISBN
- 9780099593560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 186 x 16. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594545498
- ISBN
- 9781594545498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 263.80€ 178.03
€ 263.80
€ 178.03
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: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099505945
- ISBN
- 9780099505945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Erice, Ettore Majorana Centre, Italy, 5-16 December 1999 Editor(s): Sanchez, N.; Sanchez, Norma G. Series: NATO Science Series C. Num Pages: 662 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 662
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368564
- ISBN
- 9780792368564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 368.59
€ 368.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 297 pages, 73 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306429521
- ISBN
- 9780306429521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.42
€ 64.42
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€ 17.06
€ 23.99
€ 17.06
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
€ 115.87
€ 115.87
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
€ 63.87
€ 63.87
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
Paperback. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PB; PGK; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 1987. Softcover reprint of the original 2n
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461596639
- ISBN
- 9781461596639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.30
€ 69.30
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
€ 253.11€ 187.72
€ 253.11
€ 187.72
hardcover. Covers various aspects of cosmology in scalar-tensor theories of gravity. This book provides a critical overview of the research in this field and covers topics, such as: scalar-tensor gravity and its limit to general relativity; effective energy-momentum tensors and conformal frames; gravitational waves in scalar-tensor cosmology; and more. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402019883
- ISBN
- 9781402019883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.42
€ 186.42
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
€ 65.36€ 50.91
€ 65.36
€ 50.91
paperback. Num Pages: , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- iBooks United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596872264
- ISBN
- 9781596872264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Hardcover. This is the 2nd edition of a highly successful title, concentrating primarily on the theory behind the origin and the evolution of the universe, and where appropriate relating it to observation. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471489092
- ISBN
- 9780471489092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.70
€ 84.70
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
Paperback
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
€ 101.68
€ 101.68
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
€ 123.68
€ 123.68