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Astronomy, space & time

Hardcover. In the sixth century BC, Anaximander of Miletus, an associate of Thales, initiated Western philosophy and science with a theory of how the world order arose, heavens and earth formed, and human beings came into existence. This book makes available a work that is of value for students in classics, philosophy, literature, and the history of science. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CBD; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
268
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New ed of 3 Revised ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872202566
ISBN
9780872202566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.64
€ 44.05

Paperback. In the sixth century BC, Anaximander of Miletus, an associate of Thales, initiated Western philosophy and science with a theory of how the world order arose, heavens and earth formed, and human beings came into existence. This book makes available a work that is of value for students in classics, philosophy, literature, and the history of science. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CBD; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
247
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872202559
ISBN
9780872202559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.35

Paperback. Editor(s): Godwin, Robert. Series: The NASA Mission Reports. Num Pages: 248 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; PDZ; PGS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 176 x 14. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Pap/Cdr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896522548
ISBN
9781896522548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Blair, Edward C. Num Pages: 252 pages, tables. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590334829
ISBN
9781590334829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.40
€ 57.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199586455
ISBN
9780199586455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Series: Essential Textbooks in Chemistry. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: PG; PNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
World Scientific Europe Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786340382
ISBN
9781786340382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PG; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Steiner Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880105880
ISBN
9780880105880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Global ed 8 revised ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781292057736
ISBN
9781292057736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 111.38

Paperback. Gives a comprehensive treatment to the theories of astronomy. This work presents the basic software and hardware, providing several mathematical tools, and discusses some simple physical processes that are either involved in the astronomer's tools of trade or concerned in the mechanisms associated with astronomical bodies. Num Pages: 475 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
4th Edition
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750309172
ISBN
9780750309172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.51

Hardback. Thoroughly revised and expanded throughout, the new edition is a graduate-level text and reference book on gaseous nebulae, nova and supernova remnants. Much of the new data and new images are from the Hubble Space Telescope with two wholly new chapters being added along with other new features. Num Pages: 650 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Publisher
University Science Books,U.S.
Number of pages
650
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781891389344
ISBN
9781891389344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.56

paperback. Subtitled 'An Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth..and Beyond', ATOM tells the story of matter from the perspective of a single oxygen atom. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 325. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005290
ISBN
9780349114835
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027713674
ISBN
9789027713674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.24
€ 20.49

Paperback. Editor(s): Grosz, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPK; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485909
ISBN
9780801485909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.21

Paperback. From the patristic age until the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582, computus the science of time reckoning and art of calendar construction was a subject of intense concern to medieval people. This work presents an exposition of the Julian solar calendar and the Paschal table of Dionysius Exiguus, with their related formulae for calculating dates. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7d. BIC Classification: HRCM; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 212 x 40. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853236931
ISBN
9780853236931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.74

paperback. Series: Briefings. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: PD; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714529707
ISBN
9780714529707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Clavius was influential throughout Europe in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This book uses his own publications, as well as archival materials, to trace the central role he played in integrating traditional Ptolemaic astronomy and Aristotelian natural philosophy into an orthodox cosmology. Num Pages: 314 pages, 17 half-tones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226469294
ISBN
9780226469294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. In 2016 a team of hundreds of scientists at work on a billion-dollar experiment made history when they announced the first ever detection of a gravitational wave, confirming Einstein's prediction a century ago. Based on complete access to Ligo and the scientists who created it, this book offers a first-hand account of this achievement. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PHDV; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 181.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569589
ISBN
9780099569589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jameson, Lawrence A. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 187 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
127
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590332870
ISBN
9781590332870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.69
€ 96.26

Hardcover. Editor(s): Wachter, Adonis D.; Propst, Raphael J. Num Pages: 401 pages, tables, charts & illus. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 261 x 183 x 30. Weight in Grams: 902.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
401
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607417033
ISBN
9781607417033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 293.65
€ 200.01

Paperback. Black holes and neutron stars are generally recognized as key components of many astrophysical systems. Based on a symposium held in honour of S. Chandrasekhar, these papers provide a comprehensive summary of progress made in the 1990s on the theory of black holes and relativistic stars. Editor(s): Wald, Robert M. (Professor of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, USA). Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226870359
ISBN
9780226870359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK; PHVB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 182 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439885598
ISBN
9781439885598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

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

€ 13.32

Hardback. Editor(s): Bauer, Alois J.; Eiffel, Diethelm G. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 183 x 21. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619429291
ISBN
9781619429291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 236.81
€ 161.00

Paperback. In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that has fascinated him for decades - black holes. In these flagship lectures the legendary physicist argues that if we could only understand black holes and how they challenge the very nature of space and time, we could unlock the secrets of the universe. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: APFR; PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 113 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 58.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857503572
ISBN
9780857503572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

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