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: 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
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
€ 129.53
€ 129.53
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€ 23.01
€ 33.99
€ 23.01
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.34
€ 21.34
Hardback. Proceedings from the ISSI Workshops, 17-20 September 1996 and 10-14 March 1997, Bern, Switzerland Editor(s): Fisk, L.A.; Jopikii, J.R. (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA); Simnett, G.M. (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK); von Steiger, Rudolf; Wenzel, K.-P. (Space Science Dept. of ESA, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands). Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Reprinted from Space Science Reviews journal, Vol
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792350699
- ISBN
- 9780792350699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.69
€ 194.69