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Paperback. This book presents astrophysics from basic principles without requiring any previous study of astronomy or astrophysics. This one-semester overview provides 15 lecture-sized chapters and 50 set-aside focus elements. Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 635 pages, 122 black & white illustrations, 26 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHVB; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642359620
- ISBN
- 9783642359620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.68
€ 119.68
Hardback. Describes some of the key aspects of celestial mechanics and spaceflight dynamics. This book introduces orbital elements as well as analysis techniques that are sufficient to evaluate the influence of various disturbing forces on spacecraft. It outlines a theory of manoeuvres and the methodology of making interplanetary trajectory corrections. Series: Space Technology Library. Num Pages: 411 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 763.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010637
- ISBN
- 9781402010637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 290.80
€ 290.80
Hardback. Editor(s): Milligan, Tony; Schwartz, James S. J. Series: Space and Society. Num Pages: 267 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAF; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319398259
- ISBN
- 9783319398259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.59
€ 150.59
Paperback. This book traces the development of the European space programme from its pre-1970 beginnings to the prospects for European ventures beyond the year 2000. It looks at the failure of the Europa Rocket programme, and the development of the successful Ariane programme. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349101276
- ISBN
- 9781349101276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive account of the development of Europe's highly successful space programme. This title explains the politics, science and organisation of the European Space Programme and the many technological achievements of its satellites and rockets. It focuses on Europe placing the various national programmes in a European context. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852337223
- ISBN
- 9781852337223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 52.61
€ 52.93
€ 52.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Schneider, Stefan. Series: SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences. Num Pages: 125 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, 20 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: MFG; MMRB; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319295695
- ISBN
- 9783319295695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.57
€ 77.57
Hardback. An exploration of the full panorama of flight research history, from the earliest attempts by such 19th-century practitioners as England's Sir George Cayley, who tested his gliders by subjecting them to experimental flight, to cutting-edge aeronautical research conducted by the NACA and NASA. Num Pages: 512 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TRP; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122052
- ISBN
- 9780813122052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.02
€ 71.02
Paperback. Conway, JPL's historian, offers an insider's perspective into the changing goals of Mars exploration, the ways in which sophisticated computer simulations drove the design process, and the remarkable evolution of landing technologies over a thirty-year period. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21, 11 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; PDX; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 249 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421223
- ISBN
- 9781421421223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.19
€ 38.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Grewing, Michael; Praderie, Francoise; Reinhard, Rudeger. Num Pages: 1007 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 210 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2443.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 1007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642829734
- ISBN
- 9783642829734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 145.49
€ 145.49
Hardcover. Editor(s): Abelson, Vivian M. Num Pages: 188 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590332733
- ISBN
- 9781590332733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.99€ 77.61
€ 100.99
€ 77.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 156 pages, b/w photos & tables. BIC Classification: TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 189 x 18. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608760800
- ISBN
- 9781608760800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.55€ 140.92
€ 205.55
€ 140.92
Hardback. Editor(s): Lawrence, Jocelyn. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634840613
- ISBN
- 9781634840613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.86€ 146.81
€ 194.86
€ 146.81
Failure Characteristics Analysis and Fault Diagnosis for Liquid Rocket...
Zhang, Wei; Tian, Gan; Xu, Zhigao; Yang, Zhen...
Hardback. Num Pages: 401 pages, 92 black & white illustrations, 61 colour illustrations, 20 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: TRP; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 783.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662492529
- ISBN
- 9783662492529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.12
€ 131.12
Hardback. Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin placed on the lunar soil a small tin figurine called "The Fallen Astronaut". By telling the stories of the sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book conveys the human cost of the space race. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 448 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; BK; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285095
- ISBN
- 9780803285095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
Hardback. This book details how to plan, compute and optimize the trajectories of sailcraft with speeds higher than 100 km/s; such sailcraft would be able to explore the far-reaches of space in times significantly shorter than the average career, around 35 years. Series: Space Technology Library. Num Pages: 440 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TRP; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400747760
- ISBN
- 9789400747760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.24
€ 131.24
Paperback. This book details how to plan, compute and optimize the trajectories of sailcraft with speeds higher than 100 km/s; such sailcraft would be able to explore the far-reaches of space in times significantly shorter than the average career, around 35 years. Series: Space Technology Library. Num Pages: 440 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHU; TRP; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401781961
- ISBN
- 9789401781961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.84
€ 128.84
Fault Detection and Fault-tolerant Control Using Sliding Modes
Alwi, Halim; Edwards, Christopher; Pin Tan, C...
Hardback. With case studies illustrating the use of sliding-mode methods in aeronautical systems, this is the first text setting out the latest developments in the field. It introduces the basic concepts before moving on to describe the applications of sliding modes. Series: Advances in Industrial Control. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 713.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857296498
- ISBN
- 9780857296498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.88
€ 195.88
Hardback. Examining the design of detection and isolation algorithms for unmanned vehicles including spacecraft and aerial drones, this book discusses a range of factors, proposing a geometric approach as well as new fault-detection methods in Markovian jump systems. Num Pages: 166 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TJK; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441983923
- ISBN
- 9781441983923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardback. Translation of: Hang tian qi kong zhi ji suan ji rong cuop ji shu. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: TGPR; TJ; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 176 x 46. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc Singapore
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119107279
- ISBN
- 9781119107279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.91
€ 164.91
Paperback. This book reexamines the validity of theoretical models, based on a diversity of experimental data resulting from new observational techniques, to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the fine structure of solar radio bursts. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHFP; PHVB; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642269035
- ISBN
- 9783642269035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.20
€ 194.20