Astronomy, space & time
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Astronomy, space & time
Brings Christian theology, creative literature and literary critical theory into dialogue on the theme of 'the end'. This book also considers scientific views on the nature of time. It provides an exegesis of novels, plays and poems by such writers as John Fowles, Julian Barnes, Doris Lessing, Samuel Beckett, T S Eliot, and Virginia Woolf. Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HRCM; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220848
- ISBN
- 9780631220848
Condition: New
€ 187.14
€ 187.14
Hardcover. Part of a series in junction with NASA which takes communications technology to the farthest reaches of space, this book focuses on an array of technologies and concepts developed to support radio navigation on interplanetary spacecraft. Num Pages: 86 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: PGG; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 86
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471445340
- ISBN
- 9780471445340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.58
€ 212.58
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
€ 19.99€ 17.45
€ 19.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 Illustrations in Text. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307474551
- ISBN
- 9780307474551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.61
€ 18.99
€ 16.61
Hardcover. While there are many biographies of JFK and accounts of the early years of US space efforts, this book uses primary source material and interviews with key participants to provide a comprehensive account of how the actions taken by JFK's administration have shaped the course of the US space program over the last 45 years. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; PDX; PDZ; PG; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110106
- ISBN
- 9780230110106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
Paperback. Presents an account of the scientific achievements and lives of cosmologists from Babylonians to Newton. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140192469
- ISBN
- 9780140192469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.76
€ 23.99
€ 20.76
Paperback. Offers more than three dozen hands-on, inquiry-based activities on many fascinating aspects of solar astronomy. The activities cover the Sun's motions, space weather caused by the Sun, the measuring of time and seasons in our daily lives, and much more. The authors are award-winning experts in both astronomy and science education. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JNT; JNU; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 281 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- National Science Teachers Association United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941316078
- ISBN
- 9781941316078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Paperback. Suitable for readers who want to learn about the Newtonian $N$-body problem, this book contains simple explanations of the apparent 'looping' orbit of Mars and the unexpected 'Sunrise, Sunset' behavior as viewed from Mercury. It also covers the weird dynamics exhibited by Saturn's F-ring. Series: CBMS Regional Conference Series in Mathematics. Num Pages: 235 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGC; PHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 177 x 252 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821832509
- ISBN
- 9780821832509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
hardcover. The experience of time in families can both permeate all activities but nevertheless be hidden. The papers in this volume, representing a range of disciplines (history, sociology, psychology, family therapy, and leisure studies) foreground the way that time shapes everyday family worlds. Editor(s): Daly, Kerry. Series: Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHBK; JMRP; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 791.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307753
- ISBN
- 9780762307753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.76
€ 236.76
Hardcover. Editor(s): Pappalardo, R.; McKinnon, William B.; Khurana, Krishnan. Series: Space Science Series. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 292 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2140.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816528448
- ISBN
- 9780816528448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.64
€ 198.64
hardcover. One Time Fits All tells the story of the development, integration, and obstacles overcome in setting an the International Date Line, establishing the worldwide system of Standard Time zones, and adopting Daylight Saving Time-including their global impacts on how the general public keeps time today. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 tables, 36 illustrations, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; PDX; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756426
- ISBN
- 9780804756426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.05
€ 82.05
paperback. Num Pages: 301 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674192713
- ISBN
- 9780674192713
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.16
€ 41.99
€ 35.16
Paperback. Spanish cosmographers were charged with turning their observations of the New World into a body of knowledge that could be used for governing. The author shows that this knowledge had considerable strategic, defensive, and monetary value that royal scientists were charged with safeguarding from foreign and internal enemies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 10 colour plates, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KB; PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055404
- ISBN
- 9780226055404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.80
€ 40.99
€ 31.80
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Iff Books
- Number of pages
- 439
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780999678
- ISBN
- 9781780999678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.64
€ 25.99
€ 22.64
hardcover. A neuroscientist investigates how the architecture of the human brain shapes our understanding of the nature of time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; PGZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780393247947
- ISBN
- 9780393247947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.23
€ 54.23
The author of this book draws attention to ongoing and future observations that might reveal relics of an era before the big bang. In doing so, he provides an accessible introduction to the extraordinary new ideas of string cosmology. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642093845
- ISBN
- 9783642093845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.73
€ 33.99
€ 31.73
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, 21 line illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605968
- ISBN
- 9780691605968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.52€ 46.57
€ 59.52
€ 46.57
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, 47 tables 26 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF; HBLA; PDX; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605500
- ISBN
- 9780691605500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.14€ 45.04
€ 57.14
€ 45.04
Hardcover. Drawing on Kepler's correspondence and manuscripts, this book reveals that the style of Kepler's magnum opus, "Astronomia nova" (1609), has been traditionally misinterpreted. Kepler laid forth the first two of his three laws of planetary motion in this work. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 halftone, 15 line illus. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691007380
- ISBN
- 9780691007380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.00€ 94.88
€ 125.00
€ 94.88
Hardback. Focusing on the "Einstein Tower," an architecturally historic observatory built in Potsdam in 1920, this book investigates German scientific life by blending biography, architectural history, scientific theory and research, and scientific politics. Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann M. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 244 pages, 50 half-tones. BIC Classification: PDX; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728249
- ISBN
- 9780804728249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.37
€ 88.37
Paperback. In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practices and knowledge, in artefacts, in the body, and in the environment. Adam suggests ways not merely to deconstruct but to reconstruct both common--sense and social science understanding. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PGZ; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745614618
- ISBN
- 9780745614618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.75
€ 23.99
€ 23.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 colour & 92 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271019048
- ISBN
- 9780271019048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.16
€ 46.99
€ 36.16
hardcover. Over the last 50 years, a variety of techniques have been developed to add a third dimension to regular imaging, with an extended spectrum associated to every imaging pixel. Dubbed 3D spectroscopy from its data format, it is now widely used in the astrophysical domain, but also inter alia for atmospheric sciences and remote sensing purposes. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: PGG; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9783527412020
- ISBN
- 9783527412020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.13€ 133.42
€ 151.13
€ 133.42
Hardback. The Siddhantasundara is the last major treatise of Indian astronomy and cosmology to receive serious scholarly attention, Knudsen's careful effort unveils the 500-year-old Sanskrit verses and shows the clever quirkiness of Jnanaraja's writing style, his keen use of mathematics, and his subtle philosophical arguments. Num Pages: 376 pages, 31, 31 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PBX; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414423
- ISBN
- 9781421414423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.07€ 81.43
€ 91.07
€ 81.43