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Cosmology & the universe
Hardback. These articles represent a special selection by the author of essays written for a more general non-scientist audience. The topics span the beginning of time until its end, and encompass the enigma of the evolution of large-scale structure, culminating in the formation of the galaxies. Series: Masters of Modern Physics. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563960611
- ISBN
- 9781563960611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.06
€ 48.99
€ 44.06
Paperback. Modern science has evolved a unified scenario of the cosmos, based on the concept of change, in which humans are connected to distant space and time. This book explores this common heritage, depicting the origin and evolution of all material structures, from quark to quasar, from microbe to mind. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 halftones, 16 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PGK; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009875
- ISBN
- 9780674009875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.24
€ 42.99
€ 36.24
Hardback. Takes you on a tour of the Universe. En route, this title stops off to gaze at 100 amazing sights - from asteroids to zodiacal dust and from orbit around the Earth to beyond the most distant galaxies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 287 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Welbeck Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780978376
- ISBN
- 9781780978376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.07
€ 33.99
€ 23.07
Hardback. This textbook has grown out of lectures held at a summer school on cosmology, in response to a need for an advanced text that addresses the needs of both postgraduate students and nonspecialist researchers from various disciplines ranging from mathematical physics to observational astrophysics. Editor(s): Cotsakis, Spiros; Papantonopoulos, Eleftherios. Series: Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 873.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540437789
- ISBN
- 9783540437789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.70
€ 76.70
paperback. Editor(s): Cotsakis, Spiros; Papantonopoulos, Lefteris. Series: Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 759.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642078477
- ISBN
- 9783642078477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.98
€ 68.98
Hardback. Proceedings of the 183rd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 18-22 1997 Editor(s): Sata, Katsuhiko. Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354598
- ISBN
- 9780792354598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.18
€ 134.18
Paperback. Proceedings of the 183rd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Kyoto, Japan, August 18-22 1997 Editor(s): Sata, Katsuhiko. Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354604
- ISBN
- 9780792354604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardcover. This is a uniquely comprehensive and detailed treatment of the theoretical and observational foundations of modern cosmology, by a Nobel Laureate in Physics. It gives up-to-date and self contained accounts of the theories and observations that have made the past few decades a golden age of cosmology. Num Pages: 624 pages, 27 line drawings. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 182 x 1. Weight in Grams: 1358.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198526827
- ISBN
- 9780198526827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.55
€ 102.55
Paperback. This book is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology, explaining what it is and what cosmologists do. Peter Coles discusses the history of the subject, the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, numerous halftones and line figures. BIC Classification: PGK; PGM; PGS; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192854162
- ISBN
- 9780192854162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.70
€ 12.99
€ 9.70
Hardcover. This is the 2nd edition of a highly successful title, concentrating primarily on the theory behind the origin and the evolution of the universe, and where appropriate relating it to observation. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471489092
- ISBN
- 9780471489092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.92
€ 85.92
Hardback. Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540232612
- ISBN
- 9783540232612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.37
€ 255.37
Paperback. Beginning with basic facts about the observable universe, this book reviews the topics that make up a degree course in cosmology and particle astrophysics. It is suitable for students of physics, astrophysics and cosmology from advanced undergraduate to early graduate level. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2004. 2nd printing 2006
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540329244
- ISBN
- 9783540329244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.52
€ 107.52
Hardback. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 252 pages, 20 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PGM; PHDV; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319466200
- ISBN
- 9783319466200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
hardcover. Covers various aspects of cosmology in scalar-tensor theories of gravity. This book provides a critical overview of the research in this field and covers topics, such as: scalar-tensor gravity and its limit to general relativity; effective energy-momentum tensors and conformal frames; gravitational waves in scalar-tensor cosmology; and more. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402019883
- ISBN
- 9781402019883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.06
€ 195.06
Paperback. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 469.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048165643
- ISBN
- 9789048165643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.50
€ 194.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PGK; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634821070
- ISBN
- 9781634821070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.08€ 189.73
€ 253.08
€ 189.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PB; PGK; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 1987. Softcover reprint of the original 2n
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461596639
- ISBN
- 9781461596639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.23
€ 71.23
hardcover. Some major developments of physics are addressed by specialists in different fields. They include renormalization problems in QFT, vacuum energy fluctuations and the Casimir effect in different configurations, and a wealth of applications. The cosmological applications of these theories play a crucial role. This book deals with these applications. Editor(s): Odintsov, Sergey D.; Saez-Gomez, Diego; Xambo-Descamps, Sebastian. Series: Springer Proceedings in Physics. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHDV; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642197598
- ISBN
- 9783642197598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.03
€ 196.03
paperback. Editor(s): Odintsov, Sergey D.; Saez-Gomez, Diego; Xambo-Descamps, Sebastian. Series: Springer Proceedings in Physics. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642268434
- ISBN
- 9783642268434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.01
€ 195.01
Paperback. Investigating the relationship between the 'general and the special' in nature, Humboldt's Cosmos constitutes an original contribution to modern science. Editor(s): Sabine, Edward. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 498 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108013635
- ISBN
- 9781108013635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07