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Cosmology & the universe
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Cosmology & the universe
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. In the sixth century BC, Anaximander of Miletus, an associate of Thales, initiated Western philosophy and science with a theory of how the world order arose, heavens and earth formed, and human beings came into existence. This book makes available a work that is of value for students in classics, philosophy, literature, and the history of science. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CBD; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202559
- ISBN
- 9780872202559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
Paperback. Everything you need for a quick tour of everything You are here. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 187 x 21. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 346
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470516065
- ISBN
- 9780470516065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. Part-history of the cosmos, part-intellectual adventure, this book travels from the Big Bang to the distant future via parallel worlds, across every possible scale - from the sub-atomic to the intergalactic - showing how mathematics provides the answers to our questions about the world. Where do we come from? What makes the universe the way it is? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954638
- ISBN
- 9780241954638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
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€ 23.79
€ 32.99
€ 23.79
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
Hardback. An engaging defence and critique of the various arguments from both science and religion on the fine-tuning of the Universe. Num Pages: 388 pages, 49 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107156616
- ISBN
- 9781107156616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
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
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
paperback. Aimed at advanced undergraduates, this self-contained textbook covers the key ideas of special and general relativity and their applications. Num Pages: 312 pages, 80 colour illus. 50 exercises. BIC Classification: PGK; PHDV; PHR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 892. 312 pages, 80 colour illus. 50 exercises. Aimed at advanced undergraduates, this self-contained textbook covers the key ideas of special and general relativity and their applications. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: PGK; PHDV; PHR. Dimension: 262 x 209 x 14. Weight: 1014.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521131384
- ISBN
- 9780521131384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.33
€ 78.33
Paperback. Series: Essential Textbooks in Physics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PGK; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- World Scientific Europe Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786341181
- ISBN
- 9781786341181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 41.39
€ 43.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. "The Early Universe has become the standard reference on forefront topics in cosmology, particularly to the early history of the Universe. Subjects covered include primordial nubleosynthesis, baryogen" Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PGC; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780201626742
- ISBN
- 9780201626742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.06
€ 91.06
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€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107078604
- ISBN
- 9781107078604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.50
€ 139.50
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bambi, Cosimo. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, 35 black & white illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHDV; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662528570
- ISBN
- 9783662528570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.17
€ 161.17
Paperback. Sacred geometry is one of the oldest subjects on Earth, from the great Pyramid to Gothic Architecture to modern design, certain timeless and universal principles have been studied, contemplated and put to use. This book covers the golden section, two-dimensional grids and more. Illustrator(s): Lundy, Miranda. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 124 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263043
- ISBN
- 9781904263043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.38
€ 10.38
Paperback. How holographic patterns of information underlie our physical reality Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: GPF; PGK; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 441.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620556603
- ISBN
- 9781620556603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 442 pages, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGK; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642064555
- ISBN
- 9783642064555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.91
€ 76.91
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
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
Paperback. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- BenBella Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781944648657
- ISBN
- 9781944648657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.34
€ 16.99
€ 15.34
paperback. What came before the Big Bang? How did the universe begin and must it inevitably end? This book illuminates some of the deepest mysteries of the universe. It analyses the second law of thermodynamics - according to which the 'randomness' of our world is continually increasing - and examines the light-cone geometry of space-time. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099505945
- ISBN
- 9780099505945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33