Solar system: the Sun & planets
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Solar system: the Sun & planets
Hardcover. This text expounds the idea that life did not originate on earth, but was added to it from the comets. It argues that in recent years, evidence to support this theory has accumulated. This work should be of value to readers interested in general science, the origin of man and the meaning of life. Series: Controversy Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JHM; PD; PGS; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Clinical Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854570413
- ISBN
- 9781854570413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.86
€ 23.99
€ 16.86
Paperback. This generous selection from Galileo's writings contains all the essential texts. Newly translated by Mark Davie and William R. Shea, the contents include full representation from his scientific masterpieces, his contributions to the debate on science and religion, and key documents from his trial before the Inquisition in 1633. Translator(s): Davie, Mark. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages, drawings and diagrams by Galileo. BIC Classification: 3JD; PDX; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199583690
- ISBN
- 9780199583690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.49
€ 14.99
€ 12.49
Paperback. This volume takes the reader on an amazing voyage through time, beginning over five million years ago, in a cloud of interstellar dust. The text explores the origins of life and provides an overview of the search for planets outside the solar system, especially for habitable ones. Translator(s): Dunlop, Storm. Num Pages: 301 pages, 53 black & white illustrations, 250 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 194 x 17. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642225512
- ISBN
- 9783642225512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.33
€ 88.33
Paperback. This book provides detailed research on over 100 annual and periodic meteor streams. It includes details of their discovery, important observations and orbits, and gives a full picture of the duration and location of each meteor shower. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 362 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461478966
- ISBN
- 9781461478966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.44
€ 59.44
Hardcover. Editor(s): Managadze, George. Num Pages: 297 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGS; PS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 259 x 182 x 21. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613245101
- ISBN
- 9781613245101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 305.81€ 208.85
€ 305.81
€ 208.85
Paperback. Series: Mini Encylopedia. BIC Classification: PGM; PGS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 169 x 29. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Amber Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782742609
- ISBN
- 9781782742609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardback. Plasmas are of major importance for space physics, solar physics, and astrophysics. On Earth they are essential for magnetic controlled thermonuclear fusion. This textbook collects lecture notes from a one-semester course on the subject taught at the K.U. Leuven. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402014291
- ISBN
- 9781402014291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.94
€ 131.94
Paperback. Collecting lecture notes from a one-semester course taught at the KU Leuven to advanced undergraduate students in applied mathematics and physics, this book povides an introduction to plasmas with a focus on first principles and fundamental concepts and properties. The discussion of plasma models is to an extent limited to Magnetohydrodynamics. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402014338
- ISBN
- 9781402014338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
hardcover. Based on interviews with astronomers, this book reads like a scientific 'whodunnit', going from disappointment to elation in the hunt for 'Planet X'. Science writer Govert Schilling introduces the heroes in the race to find a new world in our solar system. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Copernicus United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387778044
- ISBN
- 9780387778044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.74
€ 32.99
€ 31.74
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402052330
- ISBN
- 9781402052330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.72
€ 155.72
Hardcover. Proceedings of an ISSI Workshop, 6-13 June 1998, Bern, Switzerland Editor(s): Balogh, A.G.; Gosling, J.T.; Jokipii, J. R; Kallenbach, Reinald (International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland); Kunow, H. Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI. Num Pages: 411 pages, 47 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PHFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 912. Proceedings of an ISSI Workshop, 6-13 June, 1998, Bern, Switzerland. Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI. 426 pages, Illustrations (some col.). Editor(s): Balogh, A.G.; Gosling, J.T.; Jokipii, J. R; Kallenbach, Reinald (International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland); Kunow, H. Offers an integrated overview of the knowledge and understanding of corotating interaction regions (CIRs) in the solar wind. Papers included in this book cover the subject of CIRs from their dissipation in the outer hemisphere, and include discussions of complexities associated with their evolution with distance from the Sun. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: PGS; PHFP. Dimension: 246 x 168 x 22. Weight: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792360803
- ISBN
- 9780792360803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.72
€ 198.72
Hardcover. Editor(s): Johannson, Hans E. Num Pages: 434 pages, tables, charts & illus. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606925720
- ISBN
- 9781606925720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 274.30€ 187.05
€ 274.30
€ 187.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rudolf Steiner Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855842359
- ISBN
- 9781855842359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.66
€ 33.99
€ 28.66
Hardback. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; PGS; PHFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368229
- ISBN
- 9780792368229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.28
€ 133.28
Hardback. Proceedings of the Nato Advanced Study Institute, 19-29 June 2000, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece Editor(s): Daglis, I.A. Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVB; PHVJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 991.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402000300
- ISBN
- 9781402000300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.41
€ 199.41
Paperback. Proceedings of the Nato Advanced Study Institute, 19-29 June 2000, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece Editor(s): Daglis, I.A. Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVB; PHVJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 833.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402000317
- ISBN
- 9781402000317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 209.51
€ 209.51
hardcover. Updated second edition taking in the latest measurements. An authoritative introduction for graduate students in the physical sciences. Num Pages: 688 pages, 300 b/w illus. 32 colour illus. 300 exercises. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 253 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1606.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Updated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107091610
- ISBN
- 9781107091610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.34
€ 92.34
Hardback. This volume contains Euler's early astronomical tables and his "First theory of the moon" of 1753. Editor(s): Fleckstein, J.O. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 300 x 223 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1956
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764314538
- ISBN
- 9783764314538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 304.57
€ 304.57
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, 7 tables 70 figs. BIC Classification: PGS; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632957
- ISBN
- 9780691632957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.77
€ 158.77
Paperback. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 297 pages, 76 black & white illustrations, 57 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 239 x 15. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319206356
- ISBN
- 9783319206356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.09
€ 60.09
Hardback. IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration) is the first NASA MIDEX mission. This volume offers descriptions of the IMAGE instrumentation and of the image inversion techniques used to interpret the data. Also included are chapters on the IMAGE science objectives, the spacecraft design and capabilities, and more. Editor(s): Burch, James L. Num Pages: 506 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVB; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1511.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792361114
- ISBN
- 9780792361114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.89
€ 202.89
Paperback. This is a completely up-to-date solar observing book, which, while providing the science background necessary for an understanding of the observations with the latest equipment, also features the most complete solar observing and imaging guide available. Series: Astronomers' Observing Guides. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387094977
- ISBN
- 9780387094977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 43.67
€ 53.99
€ 43.67
Hardback. The theoretical foundation for the diagnostics of stellar magnetism is developed in this text from first principles in a comprehensive way, both within the frameworks of classical physics and quantum field theory, together with a presentation of the various solar applications. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792327936
- ISBN
- 9780792327936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.80
€ 203.80
Paperback. Successful plans depend not only on the availability of necessary resources but also on timing. In former times, people discovered that numerous natural phenomena are related to the movements of the moon. This book has tips and advice on working with the lunar cycles and natural harmonies Translator(s): Pendlebury, David. Num Pages: 176 pages, 22pp calendars, 11 illustrations, 4 diagrams, 1 table. BIC Classification: PGS; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780852073346
- ISBN
- 9780852073346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.47
€ 21.99
€ 17.47