Astronomy, space & time
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Astronomy, space & time
Hardback. Tidal Streams in the Local Group and Beyond Editor(s): Newberg, Heidi Jo; Carlin, Jeffrey L. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 250 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, 58 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319193359
- ISBN
- 9783319193359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.69
€ 122.69
Paperback. * explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices. * examines notions of time that extend from ancient mythology and classical philosophy to the contemporary social world of high--speed computer networks and globalized social relations. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627786
- ISBN
- 9780745627786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.35
€ 23.35
Hardback. What is time? How has our relationship to time changed through history and how does time structure our social lives? In this lively introduction, Barbara Adam explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627779
- ISBN
- 9780745627779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardback. Is time, even locally, like the real line? Multiple structures of time, implicit in physics, create a consistency problem. This book includes historical details and explains - why the entropy law is inadequate for time asymmetry, and why notions such as time asymmetry (hence causality) may be conceptually inadequate. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGZ; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792331032
- ISBN
- 9780792331032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.46
€ 192.46
paperback. Time is at the forefront of contemporary scholarly inquiry across the natural sciences and the humanities. Yet the social sciences have remained substantially isolated from time--related concerns. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: J; PGZ; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745614076
- ISBN
- 9780745614076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Paperback. This ground--breaking book addresses transformations in the understanding of time and the generation and degeneration of value at the cutting edge of modernity and postmodernity. Editor(s): Lash, Scott; Quick, Andrew; Roberts, Richard. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFCX; JHM; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631210030
- ISBN
- 9780631210030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.93
€ 31.99
€ 31.93
Paperback. In this richly illustrated book, Nobel Laureate Gerard 't Hooft and Theoretical Physicist Stefan Vandoren describe the enormous diversity of natural phenomena that take place at different time scales. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 270 x 14. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814489812
- ISBN
- 9789814489812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.79
€ 26.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. Nothing seems more real than time passing. We experience life as a succession of moments. But just as some of us see God as eternal, so physicists understand the truths of mathematics and the laws of nature as constant, transcending time. This book explains how the true nature of time impacts on us, our world, and our universe. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: PDZ; PG; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046525
- ISBN
- 9780141046525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007544455
- ISBN
- 9780007544455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718829643
- ISBN
- 9780718829643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.45
€ 31.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Burges, Joel. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR; HPD; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479874842
- ISBN
- 9781479874842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
hardcover. Editor(s): Burges, Joel. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR; HPD; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479821709
- ISBN
- 9781479821709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. A witty and entertaining journey through time from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782113218
- ISBN
- 9781782113218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.58
€ 15.99
€ 12.58
hardcover. An entertaining and authoritative exploration of how and why time has come to rule our lives from the bestselling author of Just My Type Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DN; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 315 x 36. Weight in Grams: 494. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0008941
- ISBN
- 9781782113195
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practices and knowledge, in artefacts, in the body, and in the environment. Adam suggests ways not merely to deconstruct but to reconstruct both common--sense and social science understanding. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PGZ; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745614618
- ISBN
- 9780745614618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.82
€ 23.99
€ 23.82
Hardback. An account of the 1976 Viking expedition to Mars describes the spacecraft and its instruments, the journey itself, and the mission's results. Num Pages: 181 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 221 x 25. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First edition.
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231043922
- ISBN
- 9780231043922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 86.12
€ 112.89
€ 86.12
Hardcover. Tools of Radio Astronomy Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 624 pages, 153 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB; TJFN; TTBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 6th ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642399497
- ISBN
- 9783642399497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.84
€ 148.84
Topological Defects and the Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Symmetry Break...
. Ed(S): Bunkov, Yuriy M. (Centre de Recherch...
Hardback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Les Houches, France, 16-26 February 1999 Editor(s): Bunkov, Yuriy M. (Centre de Recherches sur les Tres Basses Temperatures, CNRS); Godfrin, Henri. Series: NATO Science Series C. Num Pages: 394 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362043
- ISBN
- 9780792362043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 248.34
€ 248.34
Topological Defects and the Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Symmetry Break...
. Ed(S): Bunkov, Yuriy M. (Centre de Recherch...
Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Les Houches, France, 16-26 February 1999 Editor(s): Bunkov, Yuriy M. (Centre de Recherches sur les Tres Basses Temperatures, CNRS); Godfrin, Henri. Series: NATO Science Series C. Num Pages: 394 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362050
- ISBN
- 9780792362050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 245.84
€ 245.84
Paperback. For many who experience a total solar eclipse, once-in-a-lifetime is not enough. They want more, and will to go to great lengths and great expense to repeat the experience. This book profiles the "eclipse chasers" who dedicate their lives to chasing totality. Num Pages: 205 pages, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642304804
- ISBN
- 9783642304804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.20
€ 32.99
€ 27.20
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, 7 tables 70 figs. BIC Classification: PGS; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632957
- ISBN
- 9780691632957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.75
€ 149.75
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union
Derek International Astronomical Union. Ed(S)...
Paperback. Proceedings of the Twentieth General Assembly, Baltimore 1988 Editor(s): McNally, Derek. Series: International Astronomical Union Transactions. Num Pages: 962 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1655.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
- Number of pages
- 962
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792305828
- ISBN
- 9780792305828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.38
€ 72.38
Hardback. Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Assembly, Kyoto 1997 (together with) Alphabetical List of Members Editor(s): Andersen, Johannes. Series: International Astronomical Union Transactions. Num Pages: 752 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792355885
- ISBN
- 9780792355885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.15
€ 130.15
Paperback. Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Assembly, Kyoto 1997 (together with) Alphabetical List of Members Editor(s): Andersen, Johannes. Series: International Astronomical Union Transactions. Num Pages: 752 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792355892
- ISBN
- 9780792355892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.21
€ 127.21