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Hardback. Here is an overview of the balloon-borne Sunrise telescope project of 2009, which collected measurements of the magnetic structure of the solar atmosphere on its intrinsic spatial and temporal scales. Includes a detailed account of Sunrise's instrumentation. Editor(s): Barthol, Peter. Num Pages: 126 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PGS; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441997739
- ISBN
- 9781441997739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Hardback. Gathers together the talks presented at the second colloquim on the Future Professional Communication in Astronomy (FPCA II), that was held at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) on 13-14 April 2010. Editor(s): Accomazzi, Alberto; Heck, Andre. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; UND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441983688
- ISBN
- 9781441983688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 249.10
€ 249.10
Highlighting the History of Astronomy in the Asia-Pacific Region
. Ed(S): Orchiston, Wayne; Nakamura, Tsuko; S...
Hardback. Provides readers with the results of research from some of the world's leading historians of astronomy on aspects of Arabic, Australian, Chinese, Japanese, and North and South American astronomy and astrophysics. This title features sections on Arabic astronomy, Asian applied astronomy and the history of Australian radio astronomy. Editor(s): Orchiston, Wayne; Nakamura, Tsuko; Strom, Richard (ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands). Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Num Pages: 660 pages, 29 black & white tables, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HD; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1163.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2011
- Number of pages
- 660
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441981608
- ISBN
- 9781441981608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 375.63
€ 375.63
paperback. Star Clusters provides a succinct guide suited for observing star clusters in the field - how to see them, how to find them, and how to photograph them. Readers will find a definition of star clusters, easy-to-read descriptions, plus notes and facts for observation. Series: Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide. Num Pages: 174 pages, 117 black & white illustrations, 34 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441970398
- ISBN
- 9781441970398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 33.01
€ 41.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. This handbook guides the stargazer through all 88 officially recognized constellations, grouped according to their origin and location in the sky. The book includes origin myths, finder charts, tables, photographs and plots of binary star orbital motions. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 863 pages, 345 black & white illustrations, 25 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1822.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441969408
- ISBN
- 9781441969408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Paperback. Grappling with Gravity explores the physiological how life in different worlds -- such as outerspace or settlements on the moon -- would affect humans, plants and animals. The test explores how the human body will begin, almost immediately, to adapt and change to be able to function in these strange environments. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 282 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 102 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVD; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 237 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441968982
- ISBN
- 9781441968982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.43
€ 41.99
€ 34.43
Paperback. This is the first book specifically written for amateur astronomers who own, or who are about to purchase, a computer-controlled 'go-to' telescope. The 'go-to' capability is huge, and this book offers fascinating deep-sky objects and detailed observing lists. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441968500
- ISBN
- 9781441968500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.72
€ 32.99
€ 28.72
Paperback. This is a book about making telescopes from available parts. It provides guidance on where to look and what to look for in selecting items for telescope making and explains how to assemble these components to produce an excellent instrument on a tight budget. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441964144
- ISBN
- 9781441964144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.07
€ 32.99
€ 30.07
Paperback. Synthesizing the work of The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute, ET Talk provides an investigation of potential methods of communication with intelligent extraterrestrial civilizations. Topics include the origin of life and various methods used today to search for life in the universe. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 212 pages, 67 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441960887
- ISBN
- 9781441960887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.12
€ 41.99
€ 34.12
Paperback. Fully updated and revised, this volume reveals techniques to photograph space with a digital camera. New technological developments are included, and the text has been expanded to cover H-alpha light, photographing constellations and basic post-imaging processing. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 346 pages, 297 black & white illustrations, 60 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441958273
- ISBN
- 9781441958273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.63
€ 41.99
€ 35.63
Paperback. This book gives a summary of our current knowledge of comets and describes how amateur astronomers can contribute. It contains many practical examples and details key observing techniques that can be used with commercially available modern observing equipment. Series: Astronomers' Observing Guides. Num Pages: 254 pages, 164 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, 50 black & white tables, biogra. BIC Classification: PG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441957894
- ISBN
- 9781441957894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 39.42
€ 48.99
€ 39.42
Hardback. With an emphasis on aperture synthesis as well as the effects of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere and techniques developed to overcome image degradation, this book covers all the fundamentals of stellar interferometry and includes dozens of illustrations. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 489 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; TTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 489
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441957092
- ISBN
- 9781441957092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.51
€ 76.51
Paperback. Translator(s): Eisinger, J. Series: Little Book Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441929396
- ISBN
- 9781441929396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.67
€ 27.99
€ 23.67
Paperback. As a complete summary of the author's twenty five years of experience in telescope design, this book provides a general introduction as well as discussing the theory in depth, and covering Radio, Infrared, Optical, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray wavelengths. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 656 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDDM; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441927859
- ISBN
- 9781441927859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 252.98
€ 252.98
paperback. The eleven papers in this text are based on new observations by spacecraft at Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Titan. Written by researchers in planetary science, aeronomy, and atmospheric science, they cover all aspects of solar system aeronomy. Editor(s): Nagy, Andrew F.; Balogh, Andre; Cravens, Thomas E.; Mendillo, Michael; Muller-Wodarg, Ingo. Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI. Num Pages: 460 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441927729
- ISBN
- 9781441927729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.66
€ 195.66
Paperback. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 460 pages, 74 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHFP; PHM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441922441
- ISBN
- 9781441922441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 250.35
€ 250.35
Paperback. The book gives an extended review of theoretical and observational aspects of neutron star physics. It describes all layers of neutron stars, from the surface to the core, with the emphasis on their structure and equation of state. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 644 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 973.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 644
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441922144
- ISBN
- 9781441922144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 197.50
€ 197.50
Hardback. This book presents a detailed and rigorous account of the work of Tobias Mayer, a mathematician and astronomer of the middle 18th century. Mayer's most famous contribution is his set of lunar tables, which were the best available in their time. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 246 pages, 54 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PGC; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441913135
- ISBN
- 9781441913135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.69
€ 132.69
Paperback. This practical, self-contained guide is an ideal introduction to practical radio astronomey for the newcomer. Assuming no prior technical knowledge, it takes the reader step-by-step through the process of building and using a backyard radio telescope. Series: Astronomers' Observing Guides. Num Pages: 236 pages, 94 black & white illustrations, 43 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441908827
- ISBN
- 9781441908827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 47.12
€ 52.93
€ 47.12
Paperback. This book tells the amazing story of the physics of stars and starlight. While it is an in-depth study of stellar astrophysics, at the same time it requires only basic high school mathematics and physics, making it accessible to almost all amateur astronomers. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 286 pages, 74 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441907073
- ISBN
- 9781441907073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 39.64
€ 48.99
€ 39.64