Astronomy, space & time
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Astronomy, space & time
hardcover. Based on interviews with astronomers, this book reads like a scientific 'whodunnit', going from disappointment to elation in the hunt for 'Planet X'. Science writer Govert Schilling introduces the heroes in the race to find a new world in our solar system. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Copernicus United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387778044
- ISBN
- 9780387778044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.74
€ 32.99
€ 31.74
Hardback. Examining perspectives on time, how and why we measure time as we do, and time in relation to our lives, the author launches a wide-ranging enquiry into this elusive concept. The book looks at time and the universe as a whole, from the "beginnings" of time through to the present. Num Pages: 162 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 15. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471985457
- ISBN
- 9780471985457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.11
€ 149.11
hardcover. Features over one hundred and fifty colour illustrations that have been specially commissioned to help the reader understand what have become popular mythic images of our century, but which nonetheless remain difficult, abstract ideas to grasp. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1036.
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780593077184
- ISBN
- 9780593077184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.01
€ 33.99
€ 23.01
Paperback. The author, one of the world's foremost cosmologists, sets out to answer the vexed question surrounding the Big Bang Theory: if matter can neither be created nor destroyed, how could so much matter arise from nothing? This is the story of Guth's quest to understand the origins of the universe. Num Pages: 384 pages, 75. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099959502
- ISBN
- 9780099959502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 21 Black and White Photos. BIC Classification: HRLK; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- New World Library United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608682041
- ISBN
- 9781608682041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. The Life of the Cosmos offers a theory of the universe that is radically different from anything proposed before. It departs from contemporary physicists to explore the idea that the laws of nature may be the partial result of a process of natural selection that occurred before the Big Bang. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195126648
- ISBN
- 9780195126648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.07
€ 30.99
€ 28.07
Hardback. With its crucial role in the development of European astronomy, as well as the physical sciences under Islam and in Jewish culture, this book contains an important episode in Islamic intellectual history, Jewish civilization, and the history of astronomy. Translator(s): Morrison, Robert G. Series: Berkeley Series in Postclassical Islamic Scholarship. Num Pages: 410 pages, 79 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287990
- ISBN
- 9780520287990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.25€ 72.41
€ 94.25
€ 72.41
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- No Starch Press,US United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593272678
- ISBN
- 9781593272678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.54
€ 32.99
€ 23.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AQ; PGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 126 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition Uk.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263609
- ISBN
- 9781904263609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.28
€ 9.28
Paperback. Reveals the Mayan calendar to be a spiritual device that describes the evolution of human consciousness from ancient times into the future. Num Pages: 320 pages, 93 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JFSL9; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414. 288 pages, 68 b&w illustrations. Reveals the Mayan calendar to be a spiritual device that describes the evolution of human consciousness from ancient times into the future. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JFSL9; PGZ. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591430285
- ISBN
- 9781591430285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.85
€ 26.99
€ 24.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 colour & 92 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271019048
- ISBN
- 9780271019048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.47
€ 46.99
€ 36.47
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, 21 line illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634821
- ISBN
- 9780691634821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.90
€ 188.90
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, 21 line illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605968
- ISBN
- 9780691605968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.91€ 46.96
€ 58.91
€ 46.96
Paperback. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 line illus. BIC Classification: PG; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168449
- ISBN
- 9780691168449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.39
€ 17.99
€ 14.39
Paperback. Many philosophers, theologians, physicists and mathematicians have speculated on the nature of time. Recent scientific work is said to explain why time runs forward from past to future. But time still contains many mysteries - black holes, big bangs, asymmetries and relativities, arrows and loops. Editor(s): Flood, Raymond; Lockwood, Michael. Num Pages: 196 pages, 0. BIC Classification: PD; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631165781
- ISBN
- 9780631165781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.67
€ 49.67
Paperback. Where did we come from? What the hell are we doing here? Is Elvis alive and kicking in another space domain? What's beyond the edge of the Universe? Did aliens build the stars? Can we live forever? This work presents an eye-opening look at the nature of reality and the place of life in the universe. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571220564
- ISBN
- 9780571220564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Explains the principles behind the Hadron Collider as well as the potential it presents. This title considers the development of the Electroweak Theory as a law of nature. It explores the mysteries uncovered and the ones that may be in store with regard to top and bottom quarks. Num Pages: 232 pages, 88 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584887980
- ISBN
- 9781584887980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.99
€ 62.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Iff Books
- Number of pages
- 439
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780999678
- ISBN
- 9781780999678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.78
€ 25.99
€ 22.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387485379
- ISBN
- 9780387485379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 40.92
€ 43.99
€ 40.92
Hardback. What is life? Where did it come from? How can understanding the origins of life on Earth help us understand the origins of the universe, and vice versa? This book addresses the beginning of things - of the universe, matter, stars, and planetary systems, and finally, of life itself. Num Pages: 248 pages, 53 illus. BIC Classification: PGK; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126540
- ISBN
- 9780231126540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.13€ 100.95
€ 133.13
€ 100.95