Cosmology & the universe
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Cosmology & the universe
Paperback. Tells the incredible story of how astronomers solved one of the most compelling mysteries in science and, along the way, introduces readers to fundamental concepts and cutting-edge advances in modern astronomy.--From publisher description. Num Pages: 384 pages, 46 halftones. 76 line illus. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156286
- ISBN
- 9780691156286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.29
€ 46.29
Hardback. An internationally known scientist explains in a new and convincing theory why most life on earth, including the dinosaurs, perished 65 million years ago. The book is written in an accessible manner with personal anecdotes and wit and without scientific jargon. Num Pages: 264 pages, 61 line diagrams. BIC Classification: PD; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723923
- ISBN
- 9780804723923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.17
€ 75.17
Paperback. Examines some of the most interesting aspects of the solar system, detailing how we unraveled the mystery of our world. Num Pages: 270 pages, photos & graphs. BIC Classification: PGK; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780231060431
- ISBN
- 9780231060431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 49.36
Paperback. If scientists can't touch the Sun, how do they know what it's made of? And if we can't see black holes, how can we be confident they exist? From the Sun and black holes, the authors lead us further into the unknown, to the dark matter and energy that pervade our universe, where science teeters on the edge of theory and discovery. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226283487
- ISBN
- 9780226283487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.68
€ 27.68
Paperback. Illustrated with photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, this book aims to put the biggest subject of all, the story of the universe as scientists understand it, within the grasp of the reader. It explores the cosmological constant and how this effected Einstein's equations. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12-page colour insert, 16-page b&w insert. BIC Classification: PD; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674242425
- ISBN
- 9780674242425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.16
€ 25.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, viii, 264 p. BIC Classification: HPC; HPL; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226752938
- ISBN
- 9780226752938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.20
€ 40.20
Paperback. A brilliant theoretical physicist argues that the solution to the ultimate question in science: how to unify Einstein's theory of general relativity with quantum mechanics, is possible only if we abolish time from the foundations of the universe. In other words, despite our deepest intuitions, time does not exist. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: PD; PGK; PGZ; PHQ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753810200
- ISBN
- 9780753810200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 11.72
€ 17.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. A reference source for professional and student astrologers alike. The book has been published annually since 1821. It gives the longitudes of all the planets for each day and their latitudes and declinations for every other day, and includes tables of houses for London, Liverpool and New York. Num Pages: 48 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; GBCY; PGK; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Publisher
- Foulsham & Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780572020958
- ISBN
- 9780572020958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.12
€ 8.12
Hardback. Explaining discoveries and a range of advanced ideas and theories, this book provides a creative and coherent synthesis of scientific thinking on the universe's beginnings. It takes us on a tour of the seven ages of the cosmos, from the formless era of radiation through the origins of human culture. Illustrator(s): Chaisson, Lola Judith. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135603
- ISBN
- 9780231135603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.60
€ 147.60
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
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718199463
- ISBN
- 9780718199463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.03
€ 17.99
€ 13.03
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€ 13.00
€ 13.99
€ 13.00
Paperback. Physicists have discovered a phenomenon that operates outside the confines of space and time: nonlocality - the ability of two particles to act in harmony no matter how far apart they may be. If space isn't what we thought it was, then what is it? In Spooky Action at a Distance, the journalist George Musser sets out to answer that question. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 black and white illustrations, 2 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PHQ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 2. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780374536619
- ISBN
- 9780374536619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.94
€ 17.99
€ 16.94
Hardback. The author illustrates in non-technical terms how physicists hope to identify the nature of the mysterious form of matter that goes under the name of dark matter, and that seems to permeate the Universe. Num Pages: 192 pages, 48 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199683086
- ISBN
- 9780199683086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.48
€ 55.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Butera, Giuseppe. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- American Maritain Association United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982711910
- ISBN
- 9780982711910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.74
€ 31.74
paperback. An exploration of cosmology, connecting the Western philosophical tradition with the cosmological traditions of non-Western societies. Using the mythology and philosophy of the Maori as a counterpoint, it finds a philosophical common denominator in the thought of Zeno of Elea. Series: New Directions in Anthropological Writing S. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPD; JFHF; JFSL; JHM; PGK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299132347
- ISBN
- 9780299132347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.75
€ 27.75
Hardcover. Discoveries in astronomy have revolutionized the field of cosmology. This second edition provides the historical background of cosmology and an account of the concordance model of the universe. It emphasises the scientific framework for cosmology, particularly the basic concepts of physics that underlie the theories of relativity and cosmology. Num Pages: 576 pages, numerous line drawings. halftones and mathematical examples. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 192 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198530961
- ISBN
- 9780198530961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 354.15
€ 354.15
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
€ 30.07
€ 30.07
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
€ 87.95
€ 87.95
Paperback. "Grandpa, how big is the universe? How far are the stars? How can we tell the sun's age?" In this book, master astrophysicist Hubert Reeves unlocks the secrets of the universe. This is his spiritual testament to younger generations and a perfect occasion for us all to revise our conceptions about the cosmos. Translator(s): Winkler, Donald. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Salammbo Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 124
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956808226
- ISBN
- 9780956808226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.08
€ 8.08