Astronomy, space & time
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Astronomy, space & time
Hardback. This book offers a new approach to third-order aberrations theory. It presents the basic elements of third-order aberrations of optical telescopes, along with the necessary mathematical background, to design almost all optical combinations used in astronomy. Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 301 pages, 112 black & white illustrations, 56 colour illustrations, 54 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; PGC; TTB; UYM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 619.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319437316
- ISBN
- 9783319437316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.22
€ 152.22
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Num Pages: 130 pages, 49 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319002774
- ISBN
- 9783319002774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.18
€ 77.18
Num Pages: 31 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PG; PSVT7. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. .
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- National Science Teachers Association United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936959181
- ISBN
- 9781936959181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.09
€ 14.99
€ 14.09
Paperback. This book de-mystifies the jargon of webcams and computer processing, and provides detailed hints and tips for imaging the Sun, Moon and planets with a webcam. It demonstrates how inexpensive technologies are revolutionizing imaging Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846281976
- ISBN
- 9781846281976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.56
€ 41.99
€ 34.56
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Michael O'Mara Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782430674
- ISBN
- 9781782430674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.29
€ 18.99
€ 18.29
Hardcover. This book recounts the history of the refractor telescope at Meudon, France, from the birth of the concept that drove Jules Janssen at the end of the nineteenth century, to the enormous progress it fostered in the visual observation of astronomical objects. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461472872
- ISBN
- 9781461472872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.91
€ 128.91
Paperback. This book describes the telescopes built by such renowned makers as Dollond, Alvan Clark, Thomas Cooke & Sons, Carl Zeiss and others. Includes interviews with collectors of classic telescopes, and tips for readers on prospecting for and acquiring their own. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, 88 black & white illustrations, 83 colour illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461444237
- ISBN
- 9781461444237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.04
€ 48.99
€ 40.04
Paperback. Light pollution - Responses and Remedies Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 282 pages, 123 black & white illustrations, 42 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461438212
- ISBN
- 9781461438212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.31
€ 41.99
€ 35.31
Hardcover. The space between the stars contains objects in which physical processes occur that are fundamental to galaxies. This book examines these processes and presents simple numeric estimates of the main quantities relevant to the interstellar medium. Num Pages: 274 pages, 22 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PHVB; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461437666
- ISBN
- 9781461437666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.44
€ 185.44
Hardcover. This book presents experiments that teach the physics involved in astronomy. It helps readers learn important analytical tools, appreciate the physics deployed in astronomy, and experience instrument calibration as well as hands-on data gathering and analysis. Num Pages: 570 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461433101
- ISBN
- 9781461433101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.65
€ 104.65
Paperback. This book shows the most cost-effective and time-efficient ways to use one-shot CCD cameras for capturing deep-sky astronomical images, and discusses how to get the best performance out of equipment that exposes all three color images at once. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 211 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461432463
- ISBN
- 9781461432463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.00
€ 41.99
€ 34.00
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461421931
- ISBN
- 9781461421931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.82
€ 48.99
€ 41.82
Paperback. This book is for amateur astronomers who want to go beyond the Messier objects, concentrating on one of the most beautiful classes of astronomical object. It describes over 100 nebulae personally observed by the author using telescopes of various sizes. Series: Astronomers' Observing Guides. Num Pages: 302 pages, 292 black & white illustrations, 55 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 177 x 11. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461417811
- ISBN
- 9781461417811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.67
€ 48.99
€ 40.67
Paperback. Dark Nebulae, Dark Lanes, and Dust Lanes explores those apparent dark regions in space that are among the most compelling telescopic destinations. This volume provides the optimal ways to observe each object in detail. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 243 pages, 75 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392. Series: Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. 256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Dark Nebulae, Dark Lanes, and Dust Lanes explores those apparent dark regions in space that are among the most compelling telescopic destinations. This volume provides the optimal ways to observe each object in detail. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PGK. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461411857
- ISBN
- 9781461411857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.38
€ 56.38
Paperback. Integrating extensive graphics with an 8-year astronomical calendar, this book presents sky events geared to naked-eye and binocular viewing. It is arranged by ease of observation - lunar phases and brighter planets, solar eclipses, the aurora through comets. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 423 pages, 98 black & white illustrations, 34 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 651
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461406099
- ISBN
- 9781461406099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 42.04
€ 48.99
€ 42.04
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441987853
- ISBN
- 9781441987853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 39.58
€ 48.99
€ 39.58
Paperback. This volume offers a definitive history of Russian scientific space probes and the knowledge they acquired of the Earth, its environment, the Moon, Mars and Venus. Numerous illustrations help lay readers understand the complexities faced by Soviet technicians. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 514 pages, 149 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; PG; TBX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 899.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 543
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441981493
- ISBN
- 9781441981493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 47.68
€ 53.99
€ 47.68
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441969040
- ISBN
- 9781441969040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.64
€ 48.99
€ 41.64
Paperback. A book that will appeal to all who are interested in unusual celestial occurences, this volume details a variety of odd astronomical observations and includes a number of amusing anecdotes that demonstrate the significance of these "weird" phenomena. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: PG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441964236
- ISBN
- 9781441964236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.21
€ 48.99
€ 40.21
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441956675
- ISBN
- 9781441956675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.36
€ 41.99
€ 34.36
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441955708
- ISBN
- 9781441955708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.19
€ 35.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. This text discusses a broad range of possible environments where alien life might evolve in our universe. It also uses current knowledge of chemistry, energy and evolutionary tendencies to consider possible life forms ranging from the familiar to the exotic. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: PG; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441916464
- ISBN
- 9781441916464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.32
€ 53.99
€ 45.32
Hardback. Editor(s): Michel, C.; Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAX; JFC; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403971616
- ISBN
- 9781403971616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.58
€ 161.58
Hardback. Editor(s): Ewing, E. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969200
- ISBN
- 9781403969200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.31€ 47.83
€ 53.31
€ 47.83