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Cosmology & the universe
Hardback. From the reviews: "This attractive book provides an account of the theory of special relativity from a geometrical viewpoint, explaining the unification and insights that are given by such a treatment. [!] Can be read with profit by all who have taken a first course in relativity physics." ASLIB Book Guide Series: Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBM; PGK; PHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852333669
- ISBN
- 9781852333669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.98
€ 154.98
Hardcover. Many scientists look at the universe and conclude we are here by chance. The astronomer and historian Owen Gingerich looks at the same evidence--and the fact that the universe is comprehensible to our minds--and sees it as proof for the intentions of a Creator-God. The more rigorous science becomes, the more clearly God's handiwork can be understood. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDA; PDX; PGK; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 115 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417106
- ISBN
- 9780674417106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Hardcover. This is an analysis of how 16th- and 17th-century astronomers and theologians in Northern Protestant Europe used science and religion to challenge and support one another. It argues that these schemes can solve the enduring problem of how theological interpretation and investigation interact. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JD; 3JF; HRCM; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268010454
- ISBN
- 9780268010454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 688 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471925675
- ISBN
- 9780471925675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 302.53
€ 302.53
Paperback. Editor(s): Sanchez, N.; Zichichi, Antonino; De Sabbata, Venzo. Series: Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489906229
- ISBN
- 9781489906229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Iyer, B.R.; Mukunda, N.; Vishveshwara, C. V. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 558 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHN; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
- Number of pages
- 558
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401076647
- ISBN
- 9789401076647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 373.71
€ 373.71
Hardback. Each chapter of this book covers a subfield of gravitational lensing, with the double aim of describing in a simple way the basics of the theory and of reviewing the most recent developments as well as applications foreseen in the near future. Editor(s): Courbin, Frederic; Minniti, Dante. Series: Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 202 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PGK; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540443551
- ISBN
- 9783540443551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Hardback. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy Editor(s): Meylan, Georges (Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne); Jetzer, Philippe; North, Pierre. Series: Saas-Fee Advanced Course. Num Pages: 552 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHVB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540303091
- ISBN
- 9783540303091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.27
€ 143.27
Hardcover. The aim of this book is to become a major reference text for gravitational-wave physics, covering in detail both the experimental and the theoretical aspects. It is the only existing book on gravitational waves. It brings the reader to the forefront of present-day research, and assumes no previous knowledge of gravitational-wave physics. Num Pages: 576 pages, 131 figures. BIC Classification: PGC; PGK; PHQ; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 246 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198570745
- ISBN
- 9780198570745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.90
€ 146.90
Hardback. Deftly employing his inimitable writing style, respected American academic Professor Tai Chow tells us the story of Einstein's key discoveries, weaving into his account an explanation of the structure of the universe and the science of cosmology. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387736297
- ISBN
- 9780387736297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.83
€ 105.83
paperback. Deftly employing his inimitable writing style, respected American academic Professor Tai Chow tells us the story of Einstein's key discoveries, weaving into his account an explanation of the structure of the universe and the science of cosmology. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441925251
- ISBN
- 9781441925251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.60
€ 94.60
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198729143
- ISBN
- 9780198729143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.91
€ 11.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. Series: Science Essentials. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 color illus. 40 halftones. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165776
- ISBN
- 9780691165776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
€ 23.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. Exploring the decisive steps taken by Anaximander of Miletus, this book details the transition from the archaic cosmological world-picture of a flat earth with a celestial vault to the Western world-picture of a free floating earth in an infinite universe. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 black & white tables, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461428404
- ISBN
- 9781461428404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
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
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306450884
- ISBN
- 9780306450884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. What can we never do? The end of each century leads to a stocktaking of human achievement and our expectations about the future. This book looks at what limits there might be to human discovery and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDR; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099772118
- ISBN
- 9780099772118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387276168
- ISBN
- 9780387276168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.22
€ 53.99
€ 44.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Lemoine, Martin; Martin, Jerome; Peter, Patrick. Series: Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 438 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642093760
- ISBN
- 9783642093760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.37
€ 68.37
Paperback. Series: Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics. Num Pages: 324 pages, 119 black & white illustrations, 37 colour illustrations, 24 black & white tables, biogra. BIC Classification: PGK; PSA; VXQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 491.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642069383
- ISBN
- 9783642069383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.44
€ 194.44