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Paperback. This book is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology, explaining what it is and what cosmologists do. Peter Coles discusses the history of the subject, the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, numerous halftones and line figures. BIC Classification: PGK; PGM; PGS; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 115 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
SKU
9780192854162
ISBN
9780192854162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.70

Hardcover. This is the 2nd edition of a highly successful title, concentrating primarily on the theory behind the origin and the evolution of the universe, and where appropriate relating it to observation. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471489092
ISBN
9780471489092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.37

paperback. Num Pages: , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
iBooks United States
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596872264
ISBN
9781596872264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. Presents the development of scientific cosmology as a historical event, one that embroiled many scientists in a controversy over the very notion of an evolving universe with a beginning in time. This work examines how the big-bang theory drew inspiration from and eventually triumphed over rival views. Num Pages: 488 pages, 4 tables 23 line illus. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
516
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691005461
ISBN
9780691005461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.14
€ 50.91

hardcover. Covers various aspects of cosmology in scalar-tensor theories of gravity. This book provides a critical overview of the research in this field and covers topics, such as: scalar-tensor gravity and its limit to general relativity; effective energy-momentum tensors and conformal frames; gravitational waves in scalar-tensor cosmology; and more. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
Edition
2004th Edition
SKU
V9781402019883
ISBN
9781402019883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.42

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PGK; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634821070
ISBN
9781634821070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 252.24
€ 187.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PB; PGK; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 894.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd ed. 1987. Softcover reprint of the original 2n
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461596639
ISBN
9781461596639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.30

Paperback. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816656875
ISBN
9780816656875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 30. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816656899
ISBN
9780816656899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816656882
ISBN
9780816656882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.89

Paperback. Offers a historical survey of the two sciences that help define our place in the universe: astronomy and cosmology. This book investigates scientific practices in the early civilizations of Egypt, Greece, China, and the Americas, whose inhabitants developed sophisticated methods to record the movements of the planets and stars. Num Pages: 736 pages, 21 colour plates, 201 halftones, 73 line drawings. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 177 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226594415
ISBN
9780226594415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 46.02

Paperback. Investigating the relationship between the 'general and the special' in nature, Humboldt's Cosmos constitutes an original contribution to modern science. Editor(s): Sabine, Edward. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 498 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108013635
ISBN
9781108013635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.87

Paperback. Investigating the relationship between the 'general and the special' in nature, Humboldt's Cosmos constitutes an original contribution to modern science. Editor(s): Sabine, Edward. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 1010 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108013949
ISBN
9781108013949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 115.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rudolf Steiner Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855842274
ISBN
9781855842274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.46

Hardback. The social anthropology of sickness and health has always been concerned with religious cosmologies. The chapters cover a range of ethnographic areas and examine notions of personhood, agency, uncertainty and control among other questions. Editor(s): Littlewood, Roland; Lynch, Rebecca. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785331770
ISBN
9781785331770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.97

Paperback. The book that transforms our understanding of what we are and where we came from Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 261 x 63. Weight in Grams: 922.
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715651216
ISBN
9780715651216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.06

Hardback. Presents a unified hierarchical formulation of theories for three-dimensional continua, two-dimensional shells, one-dimensional rods, and zero-dimensional points. This book allows readers with varying backgrounds easy access to fundamental understanding of these Cosserat theories. It can be used as a graduate text in continuum mechanics. Series: Solid Mechanics and its Applications. Num Pages: 504 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHD; TGB; TGMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792364894
ISBN
9780792364894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 314.36

Paperback. Cost control and cost planning are an integral part of quantity surveying and construction management courses. This new book on building design uses programmed learning to demonstrate the ideas of cost control and cost planning, from first principles through practice. Worked examples are used throughout the concise and easily accessible text. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10. BIC Classification: KJMV1; KNV; TNCB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780632040285
ISBN
9780632040285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Editorial Staff of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps, plans. BIC Classification: PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York Academy of Sciences United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573319218
ISBN
9781573319218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 139.49

Hardcover. A modern guide to cost estimating for water & wastewater treatment facility construction. The estimating techniques given in the book are optimized to provide accurate estimates quickly and with a minimum of information and supporting data. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471729976
ISBN
9780471729976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.14

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